Still, if it was just a few punks, wouldn't the PTB have been able to out them?
IIRC in a interview with microchip, the Powers That Be though Q was a joke. It was not as a important as those supporting and arguing over it thought it was. Q fans don't want to admit it, Q accomplished nothing beneficial for Trump or the country. It severed as a distraction that helped make Trump and his supporters look bad, which helped everyone in congress and the Federal bureaucracy who opposed Trump.