Jacob Chansley, the “QAnon Shaman” whose horns, fur and face paint made him the face of the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, on Wednesday was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison.

U.S. District Senior Judge Royce Lamberth of the District of Columbia said that, in his 34 years as a judge, he hadn’t heard any defendant’s statements as “remarkable” as those Chansley made in seeking a more lenient sentence. However, the judge said, Chansley’s actions on Jan. 6 were “horrific,” and that his conduct was “so serious that I cannot justify a downward departure.”

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