“We will kill traitors in Washington”: From the theory of the conspiracy of the Satanist-pedophiles to the assault on the Capitol

In the United States, a criminal investigation into the attack of supporters of the current President Donald Trump on the Congress building on January 6 began , as a result of which at least five people began . According to the acting prosecutor of the Columbia district, Michael Shervin, the prosecutors will study the role of each involved, including Trump himself. Many violators turned out to be supporters of the conspiological movement of Qanon, who had gained popularity this year, built around the theory about the conspiracy of the Pedophile satanist, with whom Trump secretly fights. The decisive episode of this struggle was supposed to be the day of the “Sturm” when Trump oppresses the Democrats-Satanists openly.

Who stormed the building of Congress

“We witnessed how the cruel online radio has turned into a real threat,” commented Jared Holt, a researcher at the Digital Forensic Research Lab) at the Atlantic Couunatic laboratory. According to him, Trump supporters for several weeks have repeatedly declared plans to reach the protest on January 6, often with direct calls for violence and chaos.

Among the followers of the Qanon movement, calls for protests on January 6 dispersed widely: according to the Advance Democracy organization, more than half of the Qhanon accounts on Twitter (about 20.8 thousand) mentioned January 6, although most publications did not contain calls for violence. But on the popular among the participants of the Qanon forum TheDonald, more than half of the most popular publications on the certification of the votes of electors contained obvious calls for violence.

“I think that on this day there will be a real war, we will storm institutions, physically expel and even kill traitors in Washington and regain the country,” said one of the popular comments on the eve of the preparation of Trump's supporters by January 6, wrote The Daily Beast.

One of the most noticeable attackers on the chapels of the characters was the 32-year-old Arizonian Jake Angelli, nicknamed Qanon Shaman, who was in the forefront of the attacking with a naked torso and in a helmet with horns.

It seemed to many that in the pictures that had scattered around the world, the Congress building was the vocalist of the Jamiroquei group Jamio Kay, who even had to convince the Internet in the opposite. “Some of you think that you saw me in Washington last night, but I was not with these freaks,” the musician explained on his Twitter page.

What is known about Qanon

Supporters of the movement of Qanon, who appeared in 2017, believe in the conspiracy of the satanist-pedophiles who organized the international scheme of children's trafficking. The conspirators, according to Qanon participants, include democrats and other liberal politicians, as well as people working in Hollywood. Donald Trump and his associates, according to their version, secretly fight against the conspiracy and try to expose this scheme, and the Satanists are ready to go to everything to remove the current president, including the substitution of ballots in the elections.

An important element of Qanon theory is the expectation of the “Sturm” day, when Trump and his associates will oppose the Satanists-pedophiles openly, thousands of conspiracy leaders will arrest and send to prison, and the power in the United States will be transferred to the military, who will restore justice.

In May 2019, the FBI included Qanon to the list of “internal terrorist threats”. In August 2020, analysts studying Qanon told Reuters that Russian organizations play an increasing role in its promotion, including Evgeny Prigozhin's “Troll Factory”.

Pandemia played into the hands of the distribution of Qanon theories. According to Facebook, since the beginning of 2020, the number of traffic supporters increased by 581%, and mainly this growth came into the United States. The growth of movement contributed to the spread of conspiracy theories about the Covid-19, as well as public support from almost 100 candidates for the American Congress during the November elections.

Researchers call the reasons for the popularity of Qanon that at the present time of uncertainty, these theories offer simple explanations of different complex processes. Then the supporters begin to believe in motion as a source of truth, while ignoring any evidence of the opposite from journalists or scientists. The spread of conspiracy theories is also facilitated by the support of Qanon supporters Donald Trump.