9/11 conspiracy theorist Richard Gage says Ron Johnson will keynote his conference

On far-right podcast, Gage also says that the Wisconsin GOP senator will meet with “several stakeholders in the 9/11 truth movement”

Written by Alex Kaplan

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On a far-right podcast, conspiracy theorist Richard Gage said that Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) — the chair of the Senate subcommittee on investigations within the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — would keynote a conference dedicated to conspiracy theories about 9/11 that would be held on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks. 

Gage has helped spread debunked conspiracy theories about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks for years that suggest that the World Trade Center building collapses were caused by controlled demolition, the U.S. government, and/or Jewish people.

He also announced that Johnson — who has previously been criticized by 9/11 first responders and other lawmakers for reportedly spreading a conspiracy theory about the attack — would be meeting “in his office” with “several stakeholders in the 9/11 truth movement.”

Along with “five other 9/11 Truth groups,” Gage is apparently holding a conference on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, which will seemingly be livestreamed by Clayton Morris' Redacted and feature “experts presenting new evidence” and “powerful political figures” like Johnson.

During an appearance on the far-right podcast Absolute Storm on August 20, Gage said it was “the first 9/11 truth conference we’ve had in many, many years.” He claimed that Johnson would keynote the conference, saying that it was “unprecedented, off the charts” and “unheard of in the 9/11 truth movement. We never had anything like this.” (Gage has previously said he has ties with Johnson, and Johnson has cited Gage in an interview.)

In April, Johnson reportedly “embrace[d]” a debunked conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, claiming during an interview that “there’s an awful lot being covered up, in terms of what the American government knows about 9/11,” suggesting Building 7 was destroyed in a controlled demolition, and suggesting that he would hold new hearings about it. He made similar remarks in a May interview, suggesting that the “deep state” could have been involved with the attacks.

From the August 20 interview with Gage:

From the August 20, 2025, edition of Absolute Storm, streamed on Rumble

PAUL FLEURET (CO-HOST): This conference you've got coming up. You pointed it out, man. You have a sitting United States senator appearing at a 9/11 truth conference. That’s kind of a big deal.

RICHARD GAGE (FOUNDER, ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS FOR 9/11 TRUTH): Yeah, thank you. I’m still wrapping my head around it. He just said yes like a week ago. I’m — it’s incredible. And then on top of that, he’s going to meet with us in his office, several stakeholders in the 9/11 truth movement. That’s unprecedented as well.

FLEURET: That is unbelievable.

“STORMYPATRIOTJOE” (CO-HOST): [UNINTELLIGIBLE]

GAGE: And he’s the chair — sorry. He’s the chair of the subcommittee on investigations. He has subpoena power. He can do this stuff.

“STORMYPATRIOTJOE”: Yeah. What’s he say so far? Like, how much of your material has he seen and, like, what’s been his take, if you will, so far?

GAGE: I spent 90 minutes with him on a Zoom call presenting the exact same information that your audience just got.

“STORMYPATRIOTJOE”: Yep. And what did he say?

GAGE: He soaked it all in. He was blown away.

“STORMYPATRIOTJOE”: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]

FLEURET: Yeah, that’s —

GAGE: You know, he tried to remain cool, calm, collective. But you could tell that, you know, this information is just — it has an effect on you.