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Monday 21 SepteMber 2020

Walmart, Amazon among donors to QAnon-promoting lawmaker

in terms of review of con- QAnon-supporting mem- that conspiracy theory-
tributions before they're ber next year. Marjorie Tay- driven extremists have be-
made," Corrado said. lor Greene, whose cam- come a domestic terrorism
"Some corporations now paign has raised over $1 threat. Lynn said her social
have adopted policies million, appeared to be media posts do not indi-
about the supervision of coasting to victory in a cate any support for the
PAC contributions because deep-red congressional conspiracy theory.
of the reputational risks in- district in Georgia even "This is the United States
volved in this." before her Democratic op- of America, and I am ab-
At least 81 current or former ponent dropped out of the solutely free to tweet or
congressional candidates race. retweet anything I want,"
have supported the con- At the state level, the AP she said. "I don't under-
spiracy theory or promoted and Media Matters have stand why this is even an is-
QAnon content, with at identified more than two sue. Believe me, I am not in
least 24 qualifying for No- dozen legislative candi- the inside of some QAnon
In this May 14, 2020 file photo, a person carries a sign supporting vember's general election dates who have expressed movement."
QAnon at a protest rally in Olympia, Wash. ballot, according to the lib- some support or interest in But in October 2019, Lynn
Associated Press eral watchdog Media Mat- QAnon. retweeted posts by QAnon-
ters for America. QAnon centers on the promoting accounts with
Continued from Front this in the future," Elizabeth As of Friday, the candi- baseless belief that Presi- tens of thousands of follow-
Conway said in a state- dates collectively had dent Donald Trump is wag- ers. One of the posts she
A spokeswoman for an- ment. raised nearly $5 million in ing a secret campaign retweeted praised Trump
other donor to Lynn's cam- Corporate PAC manag- contributions for this elec- against enemies in the and included the hashtag
paign, Kentucky-based ers typically decide which tion cycle, but only eight "deep state" and a child #TheGreatAwakening, a
distillery company Brown- candidates to support on had raised over $100,000 sex trafficking ring run by sa- phrase commonly invoked
Forman, which has a facility the basis of narrow, prag- individually, according to tanic pedophiles and can- by QAnon followers.
in Tennessee, said the com- matic policy issues rather the AP's review of Federal nibals. Trump has praised Between Oct. 31, 2019,
pany didn't know about than broader political Election Commission data. QAnon supporters and of- and Jan. 9, 2020, her cam-
Lynn's QAnon posts and concerns, said Anthony The FEC's online database ten retweets accounts that paign received $4,750 in
wouldn't have donated to Corrado, a Colby College doesn't have any fundrais- promote the conspiracy donations from Amazon.
her campaign through its government professor and ing reports for 30 of the theory. com Services LLC, Blue-
Jack Daniel's PAC if it had. campaign finance expert. candidates, the vast major- QAnon has been linked to Cross BlueShield of Tennes-
"Now that our awareness "In many instances, you ity of whom are running as killings, attempted kidnap- see's PAC, health insurer
is raised, we will reevalu- don't have any kind of cor- Republicans. pings and other crimes. In Humana, the Southwest
ate our criteria for giving to porate board oversight or Congress is virtually cer- May 2019, an FBI bulletin Airlines Co. Freedom Fund
help identify affiliations like any kind of accountability tain to have at least one mentioning QAnon warned and Walmart Inc.q

Schiff delays deposition of Homeland Security whistleblower

By MARY CLARE JALONICK his story to Congress, but "It is impossible to escape
Associated Press his lawyer said last week the conclusion that the
WASHINGTON (AP) — The that he cannot appear department is purposeful-
chairman of the House until he resolves issues with ly hindering our oversight
Intelligence Committee the department over ac- by preventing a witness
says the committee is cess to information. from receiving proper le-
scheduled to depose a In a statement Sunday, gal representation, and
Department of Homeland Schiff said that the depart- denying relevant docu-
Security whistleblower on ment has refused to autho- ments to both the witness
Friday, pushing the closed- rize security clearances for and Congress," Schiff said.
door testimony back four Murphy's lawyers and also Murphy's lawyer, Mark
days due to a dispute with is blocking Murphy from Zaid. said that his team
the Trump administration reviewing "relevant clas- has repeatedly requested
over his appearance. In this June 28, 2019, file photo the Department of Homeland sified documents" before the access from the de-
A subpoena may be nec- Security (DHS) seal is seen during a news conference in the deposition. Schiff, D- partment and is still wait-
essary, said Rep. Adam Washington. Calif., said the committee ing for a response.
Schiff. Associated Press is prepared to "use all the "We will not allow Mr. Mur-
Brian Murphy said in a pressured by more senior Russian interference and tools available to us to se- phy to be unprotected or
whistleblower complaint officials to suppress facts in other matters. He has indi- cure relevant testimony," lack effective legal repre-
this month that he was intelligence reports about cated that he wants to tell including a subpoena. sentation," Zaid said. q