As the dust settles from the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, one criminal stands out above the rest. He was Jacob Chansley, nicknamed Jake Angeli, aka QAnon Shaman, the shirtless man with horns and a painted face who howled like a furious minotaur within the chamber. We’re constantly learning about new quirky members of this motley crew 11 months later. There’s the “influencer” who boasted that she wouldn’t be imprisoned because she’s “white.” (She was sentenced to 60 days.) There’s the man who was apprehended while performing in a Jesus Christ Superstar touring production.
Then there’s this individual. Federal agents disclosed to Raw Story that one of the MAGA rioters that day tweeted footage of himself breaching the premises, even bragging that he was doing so while drinking brewskis.
Thomas Paul Conover is a Texas resident who walked into the Capitol building after it was robbed and snapped photos of himself doing things like waving an empty Coors Light can.
He said that the violent mob that assaulted Capitol police and resulted in five deaths was more calm than Black Lives Matter protestors in one video. They weren’t “spray painting sh*t or burning sh*t down,” after all.
“I don’t always storm the Capitol of the United States of America, but when I do, I prefer Coors Light,” he said in another video filmed after he departed the premises.
Among Conover’s charges are, as per Raw Story, “knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do and with knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct.”
Alas, there’s no evidence that Conover actually pounded Coors while inside the Capitol. And all this for a guy who hates people who drink beer.
(Via Raw Story)
