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QAnon: After the Storm?

It's been a year since the mobilising power of a conspiracy theory nearly brought American democracy to its knees. Stephanie Hegarty has travelled to the US to investigate.

It's been a year since the mobilising power of a conspiracy theory nearly brought American democracy to its knees, when a coalition of extremists attacked the Capitol building in Washington DC, convinced that the US election was rigged. At the heart of that conviction was QAnon. In 2020 the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Stephanie Hegarty reported on the dramatic rise of this vast conspiracy during the pandemic. A year on from the attack on the Capitol she has travelled to the US to meet some of those who still believe in the conspiracy. With a new president in power, QAnon's shadowy leader Q no longer posting online and the movement all but banned from social media - why are some people still held in the grip of this conspiracy?

45 minutes

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Sun 9 Jan 2022 20:10GMT

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