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Did Roger Stone and Michael Flynn coordinate with QAnon influencers or other political operatives?
Executive summary
Available reporting documents repeated public contacts, shared stages and messaging overlaps between Roger Stone, Michael Flynn and QAnon-aligned figures — especially on the ReAwaken America tour and related events — but the sources do not claim direct, proven operational coordination (e.g., joint campaign planning or command-and-control) between Stone/Flynn and QAnon operators; instead they describe shared platforms, rhetoric and audience engagement [1] [2] [3]. Multiple outlets show Flynn and Stone appearing with QAnon influencers and promoting messaging that resonated with Q followers, while some private remarks by Flynn have been reported as disparaging of Q [1] [2] [4].
1. Shared stages and audiences — overlap, not documentary proof of formal coordination
Reporting repeatedly documents that Flynn and Stone have headlined events that also featured prominent QAnon personalities and conspiracy promoters — for example, the ReAwaken America Tour and festivals labeled part revival, part QAnon expo — where Stone and Flynn spoke to audiences that include Q adherents [1] [5]. Coverage from NPR and The Guardian frames these as overlapping ecosystems of MAGA-era politics, religious revivalism and conspiracy movements, but these pieces describe co-appearance and shared audiences rather than documentary proof of a covert operational link [1] [3].
2. Messaging amplification — active engagement with Q-adjacent narratives
News outlets show Stone and Flynn helping amplify narratives that resonated with Q communities: they promoted post‑2020 election fraud claims and appeared alongside figures who peddled Q‑linked conspiracy themes [2] [6]. ABC News reported Flynn joining a social‑media and legal push — alongside other Trump allies — that engaged followers of the Q movement in the effort to dispute the 2020 result [2]. This is evidence of messaging alignment and amplification, not necessarily of centralized coordination with QAnon operators [2].
3. ReAwaken America: an ecosystem that mixes conservative Christianity, Q symbolism and political operatives
Multiple sources describe ReAwaken America as a hybrid: conservative Christian revival, political rally and Q-anxiety marketplace. NPR and The Guardian list Flynn and Stone among the “who’s who” of that tour, and reporting highlights speakers and attendees who are known Q promoters or Q‑adjacent [1] [3]. Local reporting (Democrat & Chronicle) also flagged guests with “clear links” to QAnon at the same tour stops where Flynn and Stone appeared [5]. The coverage frames this as a shared platform that brings together operatives and conspiracy influencers in front of the same audiences [1] [5].
4. Mixed personal statements — Flynn’s public performances vs. private comments
Publicly, Flynn has participated in events and social posts that used Q-linked language (for example, videos and oaths using “where we go one, we go all”), which media outlets have noted and which drew social‑platform sanctions [7] [8] [9]. Yet Rolling Stone reported a private recording in which Flynn called Q “total nonsense” and a “disinformation campaign created by the left,” showing that his private assessment may differ from some public actions [4]. That contrast complicates a simple narrative of deliberate alliance with Q operators [4].
5. Roger Stone’s historical posture — sympathetic comments toward Q followers, political dirty‑tricks reputation
Roger Stone has publicly said he “hopes Q is real” and has called Q followers “great patriots,” per Newsweek and other reporting compiled in the search results; Stone’s long public history as a political operative and his conviction for obstruction and lying (noted in New York Magazine/Intelligencer) are part of how outlets place him in the network of hardline Trump allies who mingle with conspiracy milieus [7] [10]. Reporting shows Stone as a figure who both courts and benefits from conspiratorial audiences even when formal evidentiary links to Q operators are not documented in these sources [7] [10].
6. Investigations and oversight — congressional interest, but no definitive public finding in these sources
The House Select Committee sought materials and testimony from Flynn and Stone about January 6 and related activity, indicating institutional concern about connections between political advisers, conspiratorial communicators and the Capitol attack; NPR reported both were expected to provide documents or sit for depositions [11]. However, the search results provided here do not include a public finding that Stone or Flynn coordinated operationally with QAnon administrators like Ron Watkins or others; sources describe interaction, appearance and messaging overlap rather than documented conspiratorial command-and-control [11].
Conclusion and caveats
Taken together, the reporting in these sources establishes frequent co‑appearance, shared rhetorical signals and audience overlap between Roger Stone, Michael Flynn and QAnon‑adjacent influencers [1] [3] [2]. The sources do not, however, present definitive documentary proof in the provided set that Stone and Flynn executed coordinated operations with QAnon administrators; private denigrations of Q by Flynn complicate the idea of a simple alliance [4]. Available sources do not mention any explicit, evidence‑based operational coordination (e.g., joint planning documents or chain‑of‑command directives) between Stone/Flynn and specific QAnon operators like Ron Watkins in this set of reporting [12] [13].