Raised in the Panama City slums.

which are related to the need to feel safe and to have some control over things that are happening around us.Douglas said: This is perhaps one explanation why we tend to see a lot of conspiracy theoriesincluding those about vote riggingaround election times.

Donald Trump is a key figure in the QAnon mythos and many influencers and followers of the movement believelike many other conspiracy theorists and a number of Republican votersthat the 2020 election was somehow stolen from him.A Military Police officer falls from his horse during clashes with supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro after an invasion to Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on January 8.QAnon influencers and other conspiracy theorists voiced their support for the riot.

794 Telegram followers: Breaking: Bolsonaro supporters have broken into the Presidential palace in Brazil.GettyBolsonaro had previously hinted the election could be met with fraud attempts.

and uncertain about the future.

People might be attracted to conspiracy theories to try to satisfy these needs.Many of the Republicans in the New York congressional delegation reiterated their calls for Santos to leave Congress either by resigning or expulsion following publication of the Ethics Committees findings.

writing on the social media site X that his family deserves better than to be under the gun from the press all the time.Representative Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit.

the four-member investigative panel said its probe revealed a complex web of unlawful activity involving Representative Santos campaign.Investigators also accused the congressman of lying about his intent to cooperate with their review and said his limited responses to requests for information contained misstatements that advanced the lies he told during his 2022 congressional campaign.