(CNN) The QAnon supporter who chased Officer Eugene Goodman near the Senate chamber during the US Capitol insurrection was sent back to jail Thursday, in part because he violated the rules of his release by going online to access conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
The unusual turn of events means Doug Jensen of Iowa is headed back to jail a mere seven weeks after he was released . He was arrested shortly after the January 6 insurrection and was kept in jail until July, when a federal judge released him to his home under strict conditions.
Those conditions included a prohibition on using the internet -- to keep Jensen away from the QAnon conspiracy, which he previously admitted to investigators was the reason he breached the Capitol. But when court officials made their first unannounced visit to check on Jensen at his home last month, they found him in his garage, using a cell phone to stream a right-wing news outlet.
According to court filings, Jensen admitted to the court officials that he also used the phone to stream a conspiracy-filled symposium held by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell , a diehard supporter of former President Donald Trump who has repeatedly pushed debunked claims and haywire theories about foreign countries switching millions of votes to steal the election from Trump.
District Judge Timothy Kelly said at a court hearing Thursday that he had released Jensen in July because Jensen claimed he had "turned a corner" and disavowed the conspiracy theories.
samb0t on September 3rd, 2021 at 03:07 UTC »
If you were to tell me 5 years ago that this would be a real headline in the future...
Soonermagic1953 on September 2nd, 2021 at 22:23 UTC »
This is the guy that wore the Q T-shirt that chased that officer up the stairs. What a douche
KingKobra87 on September 2nd, 2021 at 21:22 UTC »
Didn't someone else do the exact same thing? Or is this a recycled story?