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Colorado mother Cynthia Abcug became an unlikely star on the fringe right last year thanks to a battle with her stateâs child-welfare department over custody of her son, which became a cause cĂŠlèbre among believers of the bizarre pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory.
But a recently unsealed arrest warrant alleges that Abcug had bigger plans, working with other armed QAnon believers to plan a kidnapping.
Montana police arrested Abcug in Kalispell, Montana, on Dec. 30, on a felony conspiracy to commit kidnapping arrest warrant issued in Colorado. Abcug had allegedly teamed up with other QAnon believers to carry out the kidnapping, according to witness statements to police.
The alleged target of the purported kidnapping is redacted in court documents, but the individual is described as once having been in Abcugâs âcare.â The 50-year-oldâs son was taken from her by Colorado child-welfare officials in the spring of 2019.
Police in Parker, Colorado, first became aware of Abcugâs alleged plan in late September, when her daughter told authorities that she had been discussing a kidnapping âraidâ with other QAnon believers. Abcugâs daughter told police she was concerned that someone could be hurt in the raid.
According to a heavily redacted police affidavit, Abcugâs daughter told police that her mom was a committed QAnon believer who had been discussing how âpeople from the Q-Anon group planned to kidnapâ the unnamed person. Abcug had obtained a gun of her own, according to her daughter, and talked about a person or group of people âdyingâ in a âraidâ conducted by QAnon believers.
Police found QAnon paraphernalia at Abcugâs home, including blue awareness bracelets promoting a QAnon website and the name of a prominent QAnon Twitter poster. Abcug allegedly stressed âher belief that people would be injured during the raid,â saying that they were âevil Satan worshipersâ and âpedophiles,â according to the affidavit.
Abcugâs daughter said her mom typically only left the house to meet with fellow QAnon supporters.
â[Abcugâs daughter] explained that Abcug got involved with Q-Anon, and that Abcug has repeatedly talked about a raid (to her and others), wherein people from the Q-Anon group planned to kidnap [name redacted],â the arrest warrant affidavit reads. âShe expressed concern that people were going to be injured, and that it was going to occur âsoon.ââ
QAnon, an elaborate conspiracy theory that posits that Donald Trump is at war with Satanic pedophile-cannibals in the Democratic Party, began in late 2017 with anonymous message board posts made by a person or a group of people known only as âQ.â Since then, itâs won adherents among Trump supporters, including some GOP congressional candidates. The president and his re-election campaign have repeatedly flirted with QAnon promoters, even though the FBI considers QAnon to be a potential domestic terror threat.
While QAnon promoters often claim their movement is non-violent, the conspiracy theory has been linked to two murders, including the slaying of a Gambino mafia family boss. Other QAnon believers have been charged with crimes, including a church vandalism and an attempt to shut down a bridge with an improvised armored truck.
Abcugâs feud with state officials over custody of her son turned her into a star among QAnon believers and other fringe activists after she broadcast her allegations about supposed abuses committed by the stateâs child-welfare system on right-wing websites like InfoWars, Big League Politics, and PJ Media.
Abcug didnât respond to a request for comment, and The Daily Beast was not able to confirm the details of Abcugâs custody case.
A segment of QAnon believers have become convinced, in an outgrowth of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, that child-protective services double as a kind of hunting ground for the mythical pedophiles theyâre convinced run the anti-Trump âdeep state.â
âThe Child Protective Services was a front line for funneling in the trafficking,â Abcug said in a June appearance on a QAnon-affiliated YouTube channel. âI had not been open to that yet.â
The custody case brought Abcug into contact with more QAnon believers, including a man identified in the police affidavit as âRyan,â an âarmed guardâ who was staying with her. Abcug reportedly described her associate as a âsniper.â
Abcug stopped responding to police during their investigation last September and eventually left Colorado, only resurfacing in Montana in late December. Abcug was arrested after a tip from the FBI, according to a local news report.
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Democrats reaction to Iran makes it exceedingly clear there is nothing
@realdonaldtrump
can do that they will support.
Iran took multiple provocative strikes against the US that required a response to protect American lives. History has shown us, no action has dire consequences.