Anonymous ID: 2d0392 May 18, 2021, 12:55 p.m. No.13694739   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Attorney Albert Watkins made the comment to Talking Points Memo (TPM) while discussing his client's case. Chansley was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

 

Watkins told TPM that Chansley has Asperger's syndrome, arguing that his client's mental state and the influence of former President Trump's "propaganda" efforts would play a role in his case.

 

"A lot of these defendants - and I'm going to use this colloquial term, perhaps disrespectfully - but they're all f-ing short-bus people. โ€ฆ These are people with brain damage, they're f-ing retarded, they're on the goddamn spectrum," Watkins told the outlet.

 

"But they're our brothers, our sisters, our neighbors, our coworkers - they're part of our country. These aren't bad people, they don't have prior criminal history. F-, they were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda the likes of which the world has not seen since fโ€”- Hitler," he added.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/qanon-shaman-attorney-world-hasn-t-seen-propaganda-like-trump-s-since-hitler/ar-BB1gSlga?ocid=msedgntp