Fugitive QAnon Fan Runs Up $10,000 Diner Tab—and Bails

HEAVY ON THE LETTUCE

QAnon promoter Richard Potcner urged National Guard soldiers in the Capitol to order on his tab at a local diner, then crowdsourced to pay the bill. But he stopped paying.

Politics Reporter

Published May 5 2021 3:34AM EDT

210504-sommer-q-diner-hero_pnrsod — Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

An unlikely partnership between a QAnon influencer and a Washington, D.C. diner popular with lawmakers has ended in chaos, with the diner’s owner claiming she’s owed $10,000 and the conspiracy theorist wanted for arrest in two states on unrelated charges.

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Fugitive QAnon Fan Runs Up $10,000 Diner Tab—and Bails

QAnon promoter Richard Potcner urged National Guard soldiers in the Capitol to order on his tab at a local diner, then crowdsourced to pay the bill. But he stopped paying.

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