ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, a person dressed as "Lady Liberty" wears a shirt with the letter Q, referring to QAnon, as protesters take part in a protest at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., against the counting of electoral votes in Washington, DC, affirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Twenty years on, the skepticism and suspicion first revealed by 9/11 conspiracy theories has metastasized, spread by the internet and nurtured by pundits and politicians like Donald Trump. One hoax after another has emerged, each more bizarre than the last: birtherism. Pizzagate. QAnon. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)