What is QAnon?

"8chan was the home of the posts that made up the Qanon conspiracy theory before it was shut down last month after being cited as an inspiration for multiple murders."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/18/8chan_owner_on_congressional_testimony_qanon_conspiracy_theory_is_protected_political_speech_in_america.html

"No one actually knows who Q is, but the account’s often cryptic posts are known as “Q drops,” providing clues about an impending “Storm” when liberals will be rounded up in mass arrests."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/qanon-8chan/

"QAnon, also known as The Storm and The Great Awakening, is a conspiracy theory, popular meme,[5] and right wing fantasy about a "deep state" conspiracy against President Trump."
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/QAnon

""QAnon is based upon the idea that there is a worldwide cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles who rule the world, essentially, and they control everything," View told Salon."
https://www.salon.com/2019/08/18/qanon-is-the-conspiracy-theory-that-wont-die-heres-what-they-believe-and-why-theyre-wrong/

"President Trump and his allies, including former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, are waging a covert campaign to root out an elite child-sex-trafficking ring. Mass arrests are imminent. John F. Kennedy Jr. is about to reveal that he has been alive all along so he can take Vice President Pence’s place on the 2020 Republican presidential ticket. And a mysterious government official using the handle “Q Clearance Patriot” is recruiting soldiers to the cause."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/07/qanon-isnt-just-conspiracy-theory-its-highly-effective-game/

"President Trump on Tuesday promoted two Twitter accounts that have shown support for the online conspiracy theory known as QAnon"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-shares-twitter-accounts-linked-to-conspiracy-theorist-qanon/2019/07/30/175e59ee-b2ef-11e9-8f6c-7828e68cb15f_story.html

"Q Anon has now indicated that these cases will be prosecuted by military tribunals and court martials, not civilian courts"
https://divinecosmos.com/davids-blog/22005-stunning-new-briefings-spy-satellites-down-deep-state-arrests-finally-imminent/

"the QAnon “sealed indictments” conspiracy theory, which holds that the Justice Department has tens of thousands of secret arrest warrants, all of which will be unsealed at the behest of President Donald Trump and his attorney general.

The sealed indictments belief plays a major role in the QAnon conspiracy theory, with the supposed unsealing of the indictments known as “the Storm” which while bring about the total destruction of the deep state and the cabal that rules the world"
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/qanon-sealed-indictments-63000/

"mass arrests of elite satanic pedophiles promised by QAnon"
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/liz-crokin-college-admissions-scandal-proves-qanons-mass-arrests-are-happening/