There had been something posted to the effect that 30 people wouldn’t be returning to the House of Representatives after the Christmas break. While I don’t think that has happened, I read that 29 members of the HOR will not seek re-election this year.
List of repubs not returning after mid-term elections:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/08/republicans-who-wont-be-coming-back-to-congress-after-2018-midterm-elections.html
I found that to be a little far-fetched myself and thought maybe it had been misinterpreted and what was really meant by that was that 30 would not seek re-election this year. I am not surprised by your information that it appears the latter was indeed the case. Qanon does seem to have a direct line, doesn’t he?