Elon Musk Calls for Release of ‘QAnon Shaman’ as New Jan. 6 Video Surfaces

Jacob Chansley, also known as the "QAnon Shaman," inside the U.S. Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached on Jan. 6, 2021. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk called for the release of Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” in response to a newly released video of the Capitol breach.

“Free Jacob Chansley,” the world’s richest person, who has 131 million followers on Twitter, wrote in a Twitter post on Friday.