“The brother of Michael Flynn appeared to thank supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory after Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser for lying to the FBI. Trump announced with ‘great pleasure’ on Tuesday that the retired army general has been granted a full pardon. Flynn had previously admitted to twice lying to the FBI about conversations with the then-Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak” Newsweek reports.

“Flynn has been seen as a hero in the QAnon movement ever since he tweeted a video in July of him standing in a back yard with his family taking a generic oath of office before ending with ‘where we go one we go all,’ the main slogan of the QAnon theory. It is often abbreviated to WWG1WGA. His tweet included the hashtag #TakeTheOath, which is used by other followers of the QAnon movement when posting similar videos of them expressing their support on social media. Other hashtags used by QAnon supporters include #WWG1WGA #QArmy and #DigitalSoldiers. Flynn has both #TakeTheOath and #DigitalSoldiers in his Twitter bio. Following his pardon, Flynn’s brother Joseph Flynn also thanked the ‘digital soldiers’ who have supported the former national security down the years in a tweet, albeit with a spelling mistake. ‘To all of our friends, extended family, Patriots and #DigitalSoliders we thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts for your moral, spiritual and financial support these past 4 years,’ he wrote. ‘There is no way in Hell we would have survived without you…this Thanksgiving is for you!'”