Jake Angeli
publication date: Friday, January 6, 2023 (part of January 2023)
category: 
Crime
clue: After he messed with the bull (both -shit and -horn), a federal judge gave him the horns.
explanation: Angeli, who styled himself as the "QAnon Shaman," was a high-profile participant in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, wearing a fur headdress with horns and standing on Mike Pence's dais in the Senate chamber to address other rioters with a bullhorn. After then-President Trump declined his request for a pardon, he turned against both Trump and Q, publicly apologizing for his involvement in the movement. He was sentenced to 41 months in prison. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
trivia: Scott struggled with whether to classify this goo as Crime or Terrorism, since a case could be made for either. He settled on the former since Angeli was non-violent.
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