Former President Trump hosted a QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist at his Mar-A-Lago club in Florida on Tuesday night, just two weeks after he was convicted of having dinner with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
Liz Crokin, a famous gossip writer now known for promoting far-right conspiracy theories, spoke at an event to raise funds to fight child trafficking, according to her social media feed and a press release.
The fundraiser was run by America Futures, a conservative group led by Mike Flynn, who briefly served as Trump’s national security adviser in 2017.
Child trafficking is a key part of the QAnon theories and the Pizzagate conspiracy, which falsely claimed a Washington, DC pizza joint was the center of Democratic politicians’ child sex ring.
Liz Crokin, a famous gossip writer now known for promoting far-right conspiracy theories, was with former President Donald Trump for an event in Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night
“Tonight I had the privilege and honor of speaking at America’s Future’s fundraiser to fight child trafficking in Mar-A-Lago,” Crokin wrote in a social media post.
“Some of the topics I discussed were Pizzagate, Balenciaga and what President Trump’s administration has done to fight human trafficking.”
Fashion house Balenciaga is at the center of a scandal after legal child pornography documents ended up in a photo shoot in July.
Trump’s Florida home is often used by outside groups for events.
And as on other occasions, he broke the negotiations to welcome his guests.
“You are incredible people and doing an incredible job,” he said in a video shared by Crokin.
“We just appreciate you being here and I hope you will come back… and many times and for many years to come.”
“Tonight I had the privilege and honor of speaking at America’s Future’s fundraiser to fight child trafficking in Mar-A-Lago,” Crokin wrote in a social media post
“You are incredible people and doing incredible work,” Trump told attendees
Crokin posed with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night
In a photo shared on social media, he poses with Crokin as the pair give a thumbs-up.
Trump is still under fire for having dinner at his Florida home with hip-hop star Kanye West, who has been denounced for making anti-Semitic remarks, and Fuentes, who is known as a Holocaust denier and for spreading anti-Semitic views has eaten.
The former president later said on his platform Truth Social that Ye asked for the meeting and that he didn’t know Fuentes.
However, it immediately raised questions about what the verification process for attending Mar-a-Lago was after Trump announced his run for 2024, questions that will only deepen with Tuesday’s event.
It was often used to give fringe groups like QAnon a nod and wink.
In recent rallies, supporters have used a QAnon salute — raising a finger in the air — when music was played that bore a striking resemblance to the conspiracy theory’s theme song.
Trump had dinner in Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago with Fuentes, a racist and anti-Semite, along with actor Kanye West, who was also censored for making anti-Semitic remarks
Trump’s advisers said any resemblance was coincidental and “fake news”.
America’s Future supporters gathered in Mar-a-Lago to mark the group’s 76th anniversary and launch a push against child trafficking.
“Children have the promise and dreams of America’s future,” said executive director Mary O’Neill in a press release announcing the event.
“Yet in our society today, thousands of children are being inflicted with unimaginable pain and suffering from human trafficking, neglect, exploitation and abuse that continues unabated. This has to end if our nation is to survive.”
The press release added that Lara Logan, a former journalist who was banned from right-wing TV network Newsmax in October after delivering a bizarre tirade about elites “eating the blood of children,” was among the advisers to the anti-child trafficking initiative .
ABC News was the first to report details of the event.
Darlene Swaffar, a former Republican congressional candidate who attended the event, told ABC News that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Seth Keshel, a retired U.S. Army Capt. who worked to edit the results of the presidential election 2020 to question, also participated.