Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Shaman, is suing the government and Donald Trump for $40 trillion, and claims he is the rightful president.
Chansley filed the suit Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court, and is representing himself.
A 26-page single paragraph complaint alleges that Chansley’s First, Second, and Fourth Amendment rights were violated by a host of defendants, including Trump, the Federal Reserve, the National Security Agency, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Bank of International Settlements, the state of Israel, Elon Musk’s X Corp., T-Mobile, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Warner Bros. Studios.
Chansley’s complaints include:
- That the central banking system and the Federal Reserve are unconstitutional
- That the U.S. government is guilty of treason for prioritizing the interests of foreign financiers at the expense of the American people
- That the NSA surveilled Chansley daily using the Patriot Act as he was writing a “2nd Declaration of Independence”
- That “all radio stations and most of their DJ’s are a part of the intelligence community”
- That a scene in the 2008 Christopher Nolan-directed Batman film “The Dark Knight” and many plot details in 2009’s “Avatar” were cribbed from his writing and are proof that the NSA was spying on him
- That the NSA catfished him on Facebook by contacting him while pretending to be actress Michele Rodriguez, whom Chansley identifies as “my celebrity crush”
- That he was then “offered the opportunity to work with the NASA covertly and help them deal with other-worldly matters” that his “shamanic beliefs” made him “a perfect candidate to handle”
- That he was emailed by Donald Trump on Jan. 8, 2021, from an address of donaldtrump@nsa.gov
- That the government stole more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency from him
Chansley references a number of exhibits to prove his claims included in a Google Drive folder under a handwritten URL.
Chansley also airs grievances regarding an Israeli official allowed to return to Israel after he was charged with trying to pay for sex with a minor, as well as America’s penchant for long, pointless wars for profit.
Chansley concludes his complaint by declaring himself the first president of the “New Constitutional Republic of the United States.” The only laws in place in Chansley’s new republic are the Bill of Rights and the original U.S. Constitution. He also said that Phoenix will be the capital of this new republic.
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