QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist filmmaker Mike Smith and Mary Flynn O’Neill, the sister of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, claimed that Donald Trump said he wanted to watch Smith’s conspiracy theory movie Into the Light. The claim comes after Trump appeared on stage with Smith at a recent event at Mar-a-Lago that featured a screening of the film and the former president receiving an award from Michael Flynn for supposedly combating human trafficking.
During an April 3 X (formerly Twitter) Space, Smith discussed the Mar-a-Lago event — which was hosted by America’s Future, an organization run by the Flynn family which has become increasingly tied to QAnon — with O’Neill, America’s Future executive director. While hyping Trump’s appearance at the event, O’Neill said that the former president is “supposed to watch that movie. He’s supposed to watch Into the Light,” and seemed to promise that she would “follow up” with Trump’s staff about it. Smith responded that when Trump was on stage, he said to Smith, “I’m going to watch it.” And when Smith expressed hope that Trump would follow through on his promise, O’Neill said, “Oh, he will.”
Into the Light — the sequel to Smith’s Out of Shadows, which pushed Pizzagate — is described as “a movie made to bring to surface that psychological operations are present and active in today’s society.” The film features fellow QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Liz Crokin (another member of America’s Future), and pushes conspiracy theories about the World Economic Forum and the “great reset.”