QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated

By Joseph Menn, Elizabeth Culliford, Katie Paul and Carrie Monahan
Updated January 21 2021 - 11:54am, first published 11:48am
QAnon believers are split between "trusting the plan" and saying they feel betrayed.
QAnon believers are split between "trusting the plan" and saying they feel betrayed.

For three years, adherents of the sprawling QAnon conspiracy theory awaited a so-called Great Awakening, scouring anonymous web postings from a shadowy "Q" figure and parsing statements by former US president Donald Trump, whom they believed to be their champion.

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