Talk about not being grateful.
The QAnon Shaman, whose real name is Jake Angeli, doesn’t have a lot of nice things to say about President Trump.
Angeli, who was the face of January 6th for wearing fur and horns, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in breaching the Capitol, but got out in 27 months for good behavior.
On Trump’s first day in office, at the start of his second presidency, He granted Angeli and over a thousand other J6ers clemency.
Despite receiving clemency, Angeli believes Trump is a “liar” and “deceiving” the country.
The Daily Mail reported more on Angeli’s turn on Trump:
Now, though, Angeli says he is less enamored of Trump – largely because of what he believes about the still-contentious Epstein files.
Late last year, he appeared in full shaman regalia at a ‘No Kings’ protest in Phoenix carrying a sign showing the face of the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the words: ‘Distract to deceive.’
‘I am moving away from Trump and politics because it is toxic,’ Angeli told the Daily Mail.
‘Trump is a liar. He deceived the entire country, and he’s now taking us into war because he’s in the Epstein files. You know, he’s taking us into war unconstitutionally. Politically, it’s all corrupt as f***.
‘People don’t know about the Epstein files, people don’t know the truth about what was going on on the island, people don’t know the truth about what was going on at Zorro ranch.
‘If they knew what was going on, then Donald Trump would not be president.’
Since his release, Angeli has flirted with running for Congress as a Libertarian or for governor of Arizona. He has also promoted a forthcoming self-published book, Shamanic Apocalypse, which sets out his beliefs.
Here’s Angeli, who goes by Jacob Chansley now, on January 6th:
NEW: QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley, who was recently released from federal prison for being at the Capitol on J6, appears to be running for Congress.
Chansley will be running as a libertarian candidate according to paperwork that was filed.
The paperwork was filed in the 8th… pic.twitter.com/0lzwMz2xor
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 13, 2023
Chansley didn’t have these views last year while being interviewed by Tucker Carlson:
NEW: Tucker Carlson interviews the ‘QAnon Shaman’ Jake Chansley
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 12, 2024
Chansley’s comments to the Daily Mail aren’t the first time he has taken jabs at Trump.
Here’s him in an interview with CNN in January:
🔥🚨BREAKING: Jake The MAGA Shaman revealed to CNN that he has turned his back on Trump.
CNN: “You still a Trump supporter?”
QANON SHAMAN: “No. I thought you knew that.”
CNN: “Why not?”
QANON SHAMAN: “Refusing to release the Epstein client list was enough for me and a lot of… pic.twitter.com/JGzAa4TGoe
— Dom Lucre | Stealer of Narratives (@dom_lucre) January 7, 2026
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