On a far-right podcast, conspiracy theorist Richard Gage said that Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) — the chair of the Senate subcommittee on investigations within the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — would keynote a conference dedicated to conspiracy theories about 9/11 that would be held on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Gage has helped spread debunked conspiracy theories about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks for years that suggest that the World Trade Center building collapses were caused by controlled demolition, the U.S. government, and/or Jewish people.
He also announced that Johnson — who has previously been criticized by 9/11 first responders and other lawmakers for reportedly spreading a conspiracy theory about the attack — would be meeting “in his office” with “several stakeholders in the 9/11 truth movement.”
Along with “five other 9/11 Truth groups,” Gage is apparently holding a conference on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, which will seemingly be livestreamed by Clayton Morris’ Redacted and feature “experts presenting new evidence” and “powerful political figures” like Johnson.
During an appearance on the far-right podcast Absolute Storm on August 20, Gage said it was “the first 9/11 truth conference we’ve had in many, many years.” He claimed that Johnson would keynote the conference, saying that it was “unprecedented, off the charts” and “unheard of in the 9/11 truth movement. We never had anything like this.” (Gage has previously said he has ties with Johnson, and Johnson has cited Gage in an interview.)
In April, Johnson reportedly “embrace[d]” a debunked conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, claiming during an interview that “there’s an awful lot being covered up, in terms of what the American government knows about 9/11,” suggesting Building 7 was destroyed in a controlled demolition, and suggesting that he would hold new hearings about it. He made similar remarks in a May interview, suggesting that the “deep state” could have been involved with the attacks.
From the August 20 interview with Gage:
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