Illarionov was fired from the CATO Institute after he wrote an article critical of the [[Trump 1.0|Trump 1.0 administration]] and [[Donald Trump]] supporters after the [[J6 False Flag protests]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Illarionov|first=Andrei|date=8 January 2021|title=Andrey Illarionov {{!}} 01:32 pm ""Поджог Рейхстага"" – 2021|language=ru|trans-title=Andrey Illarionov {{!}} 01:32 pm "Arson of the Reichstag" - 2021|url=https://aillarionov.livejournal.com/1215661.html|website=[[LiveJournal]]|access-date=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220325200953/https://aillarionov.livejournal.com/1215661.html|archive-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=14 January 2021|script-title=ru:Бывший советник Путина Андрей Илларионов уволен из института в США за запись о захвате Капитолия|language=ru|trans-title=Former Putin adviser Andrey Illarionov fired from US institute for writing about capitol seizure|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/31046908.html|work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] (svoboda.org)|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bertrand|first=Natasha|date=12 January 2021|title=Cato Institute investigating blog post by senior fellow that spread election conspiracy theories|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/cato-fellow-election-conspiracy-theories-458248|newspaper=[[Politico]]|access-date=}}</ref> | Illarionov was fired from the CATO Institute after he wrote an article critical of the [[Trump 1.0|Trump 1.0 administration]] and [[Donald Trump]] supporters after the [[J6 False Flag protests]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Illarionov|first=Andrei|date=8 January 2021|title=Andrey Illarionov {{!}} 01:32 pm ""Поджог Рейхстага"" – 2021|language=ru|trans-title=Andrey Illarionov {{!}} 01:32 pm "Arson of the Reichstag" - 2021|url=https://aillarionov.livejournal.com/1215661.html|website=[[LiveJournal]]|access-date=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220325200953/https://aillarionov.livejournal.com/1215661.html|archive-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=14 January 2021|script-title=ru:Бывший советник Путина Андрей Илларионов уволен из института в США за запись о захвате Капитолия|language=ru|trans-title=Former Putin adviser Andrey Illarionov fired from US institute for writing about capitol seizure|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/31046908.html|work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] (svoboda.org)|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bertrand|first=Natasha|date=12 January 2021|title=Cato Institute investigating blog post by senior fellow that spread election conspiracy theories|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/cato-fellow-election-conspiracy-theories-458248|newspaper=[[Politico]]|access-date=}}</ref> |