This isn't a big surprise, but the wacky QAnon guy has (reportedly) been diagnosed with a smorgasbord of mental illnesses.
This may not be the big "get out of jail free card" it appears to be, however. One of the things you learn in a first-year crim law class is that if someone is locked up in a mental institution they are not released until they are no longer a threat, and it's entirely possible this could be longer than the prison sentence for a particular crime.
>>>WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The participant in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots nicknamed the "QAnon Shaman" is negotiating a possible plea deal with prosecutors, after prison psychologists found he suffers from a variety of mental illnesses, his attorney said.
In an interview, defense lawyer Albert Watkins said that officials at the federal Bureau of Prisons, or BOP, have diagnosed his client Jacob Chansley with transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety.<<<
The participant in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots nicknamed the "QAnon Shaman" is negotiating a possible plea deal with prosecutors, after prison psychologists found he suffers from a variety of mental illnesses, his attorney said.
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