Lionel Lebron, a YouTuber who is one of the top promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, posted a photo of himself with President Trump in the Oval Office from Thursday:
One of the leading promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a Youtuber who goes by the name Lionel, was invited to the White House to meet Trump. pic.twitter.com/xKSGoEeObW
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 24, 2018
Lebron also posted photos touring the White House:
Just a QAnon promoter using QAnon hashtags in the White House (via @rightwingwatch) pic.twitter.com/d1MzRZNzTE
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 24, 2018
Lebron used to host a show on the liberal talk radio network Air America:
ah yes. he replaced @SamSeder on Air America. That's what I remember him from.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 24, 2018
When asked about Lebron, White House officials interviewed by The Daily Beast “could not contain their laughter”:
We haven’t been able to get to the bottom of this yet, but of the 4 senior WH aides we asked about how Trump ended up in a photo op w/ this prominent QAnon guy in the Oval, they all pleaded ignorance. 2 of them audibly could not contain their laughter. https://t.co/DLcpcqvcJc
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) August 24, 2018
And it’s not clear who invited him in:
It is highly unlikely the QAnon man was simply able to stumble into this Trump meet. Those familiar w/ how this Oval Office works say typically the only way that something like this happens is if a senior official vouched for the guests & waved them in :/ https://t.co/DLcpcqvcJc
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) August 24, 2018
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