By S.T. Patrick
There is a disconnect within the Department of Justice about the motivations of the Jan. 6 Capitol protestors. One U.S. attorney has been arguing in court that the “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley (aka Bull Horn Guy) case includes “strong evidence, including Chansley’s own words and actions at the Capitol, [to support the claim that] the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials.” Another assistant U.S. attorney is arguing that retired Lt. Col. Larry Brock, who was carrying zip-tie restraints, “means to take hostages he means to kidnap, restrain, perhaps try, perhaps execute members of the U.S. government.” This goes directly against the most recent statement of the nation’s top prosecutor in D.C., U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin, whose jurisdiction the Capitol protest falls within, that “there is no direct evidence at this point in time of kill-capture teams or assassination.”