The “QAnon Shaman” — who notoriously stormed the US Capitol shirtless in a horned coyote-fur headdress on Jan. 6, 2021 — has been released from prison 14 months early and moved to a halfway house in Phoenix, Ariz., prison officials said Thursday.
Jacob Chansley, 35, who became the poster boy of the Capitol riot, had been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison but served just over 2 years before he was set free on Tuesday, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons.
“It is appropriate this gentle and intelligent young man be permitted to move forward with the next stage of what undoubtedly will be a law abiding and enriching life,” Chansley’s former lawyer Albert Watkins said in a statement.
“I applaud the decision of the US Bureau of Prison in this regard,” he said..
Chansley, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing an official proceeding before Congress in September 2021.
His release comes just weeks after new video evidence emerged showing Capitol cops escorting Chansley down the halls of the building and through the doors of the US Senate, prompting Watkins to demand his onetime client be freed.
The footage drew skepticism about whether “The Shaman” was a real threat during his entry of the Capital — though it was not clear what led to his early release, and Watkins didn’t immediately return The Post’s request for comment.
Chansley, who suffers from mental health problems, served 11 months in solitary confinement during his prison stint, according to Watkins.
He is now living in a Residential Reentry Center in Phoenix with a release date of May 25, according to a BOP spokesperson.
The last court filing in his case is an order granting a probation petition, signed by Judge Royce Lamberth on Jan. 20.
As a condition of his release, Chansley must submit “to a search” of his home, car or other property by a parole officer, according to the court document.
“Failure to submit to a search may be grounds for revocation of release,” it states.
A BOP spokesperson said the bureau does not “discuss the conditions of confinement for any inmate, including transfers or release plans.”
But federal inmates sometimes receive shortened sentences due to “good conduct time,” the rep said.
Chansley was among the first rioters to enter the Capitol with fellow supporters of former President Donald Trump.
He entered the Senate chamber and sat at the desk of the Senate president then refused to leave when ordered to by enforcement officials, according to prosecutors. “Mike Pence is a f—king traitor,” he snapped at the officers.
Chansley also left a menacing note on Vice President Mike Pence’s Senate desk declaring, “Justice is coming,” according to prosecutors.
He has since said he no longer supports Trump.
In May 2021, he was ordered by a judge to undergo a psychological evaluation, and has said he believes he’s “directly related to Jesus and Buddha,” Watkins said at the time.
Chansley is among the most widely recognizable faces of the roughly 1,000 criminal defendants who were charged for their roles in the Capitol attack.
