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READ MORE: 'Poor, persecuted Trump': Journalist mocks GOP hysteriaĪnglesey adds, “Their apparent trust in the FBI director and ‘the plan’ is linked to posts by the Q account that spread the conspiracy online (and) told followers to ‘trust Wray.’ QAnon influencer Stormy Patriot Joe told his Telegram 112,899 followers: ‘Q told us to trust Wray. But QAnon influencers, known for their fanatical support of Trump, had a more optimistic outlook on the raid and reassured their followers to trust FBI Director Christopher Wray and ‘the plan.’” Ted Cruz described it as ‘corrupt and an abuse of power’…. “Trump himself branded the raid as a ‘witch hunt,’ and Republican politicians such as Texas Sen. “The FBI raid on the Florida resort sent shockwaves through the American right when the agency executed a search warrant amid allegations Trump has unlawfully kept White House records,” Newsweek reporter Anders Anglesey explains. QAnon supporters view Trump as not only the president in exile, but also, as the person who, more than anyone, is leading the battle against the forces of darkness. Members of QAnon are known for their outrageous conspiracy theories, claiming that the United States’ federal government has been hijacked by an international cabal of pedophiles, child sex traffickers, Satanists and cannibals and that Trump was elected president in 2016 to lead the fight against the cabal. As they see it, the search will ultimately benefit Trump - who is an icon in the far-right QAnon cult.

But QAnon conspiracy theorists, Newsweek reports, are having a very different reaction. Ted Cruz of Texas to Fox News hosts, a long list of Republicans have been railing against the FBI for executing a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, August 8 and describing former President Donald Trump as a victim of endless persecution. Newsweek reached out to Infowars for comment.From House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to Sen. Despite this, Jones still appeared on his Infowars show in the days before and after the court-ordered hearing. Jones would later fail to appear for a disposition hearing in March, claiming at the time that he was too unwell to attend. Jones extends his heartfelt apology for any distress his remarks caused.' In filings submitted in a Connecticut state court, a lawyer on behalf of the Infowars host said: 'Mr. Jones repeatedly claimed no children were killed and that their parents were 'crisis actors.'Įarlier this year, the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims rejected a settlement offer of $120,000 each from Jones, describing it as 'transparent and desperate.' The shooting resulted in 20 children and six staff members being killed. Jones has landed in financial trouble after he made false claims where he claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a hoax motivated by gun control supporters. Alex Jones Pays $75K in Fines Before Deposition in Sandy Hook Lawsuit.

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In December 2020, Jones told protestors in Washington, D.C.: 'We will never back down to the Satanic pedophile, globalist New World Order and their walking-dead reanimated corpse Joe Biden, and we will never recognize him.'

But last year, the far-right Infowars host denounced the conspiracy movement despite having pushed similar theories himself. Jones has previously ranted against QAnon on several occasions. Q is a psyop to lead us around by our noses.'Įarlier in the segment, Jones claimed-without producing evidence-that Q had been taken over by CIA disinformation agents. 'Q is the worst people on Earth at the time. 'And the damn Q people were the ones who manipulated some people to go inside the damn and worked with the feds,' he continued.

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Infowars host Alex Jones lashed out at QAnon on his show, saying that the far-right conspiracy movement is full of the 'worst people in the world.' Above, Jones interacts with supporters at the Texas State Capital building on April 18, 2020, in Austin, Texas.

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