Jacob Chansley was moved from a D.C. jail to a Virginia detention center in order to receive an organic diet.
The Arizona man known as the “QAnon shaman,” who is facing criminal charges for his involvement in the Capitol riot last month, was moved to a jail in Virginia on Thursday to accommodate his request for an organic diet.
Jacob Chansley, 33, also known as Jake Angeli, was transferred from the Washington, D.C., jail to the Alexandria Detention Center after a federal judge ordered authorities to meet Chansley’s dietary requirement, officials said.
At a hearing on Wednesday, lawyers for Chansley said he had not eaten in more than a week because of a lack of organic food. The attorneys argued that Chansley needed the food for medical reasons and because it is a tenet of his religious beliefs in shamanism.
D.C. Corrections officials said Chansley’s claims lacked “religious merit,” but U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Chansley was entitled to the organic food on religious grounds. The judge, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, said the government was not entitled to question the legitimacy of a prisoner’s religious beliefs as long as they are sincerely held.
“Binding Supreme Court precedent forecloses governmental attempts to impeach religious claimants’ sincerity by introducing evidence that other followers of the same sect would perceive their religious obligations differently,” Lamberth wrote.
In a follow-up order on Thursday, the judge said the D.C. jail was “unable to comply” with his directive, so Chansley was moved to the Virginia jail. “The Sheriff there has advised that the Alexandria Detention Center is willing and able to accommodate defendant’s dietary requests,” Lamberth wrote.
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Jacob Chansley, who is facing charges for his involvement in the Capitol riot, was moved to a separate jail to accommodate his request for an organic diet https://t.co/1TaWLnmYbI
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These terrorists want special treatment. Chansley wants special food. There is another woman who asked a judge if she could take a vacation to Mexico (“flight risk” anyone?) Enough of the coddling. They should be grateful they aren’t living at Gitmo.
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