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A new threat uncovered .FBI warns conspiracy theories are domestic terrorism threat 

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The FBI for the first time has identified fringe conspiracy theories as a 

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domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously unpublicized bulletin 

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obtained by Yahoo News 

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The FBI intelligence bulletin from its Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019, 

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describes “conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists” 

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as a growing threat, and notes that it is the first such report to do so.  

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It lists a number of arrests, including some that haven’t been publicized, related to 

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violent incidents motivated by fringe beliefs 

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The document specifically mentions QAnon, a shadowy network that 

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believes in a deep-state conspiracy against President Trump, and 

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Pizzagate, the theory that a pedophile ring including Clinton associates was being 

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run out of the basement of a D.C. pizza restaurant, which had no basement.  

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The FBI assesses these conspiracy theories very likely will emerge, spread, and evolve in the modern information marketplace, ., said FBI Phoenix bulletin

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occasionally driving both groups and individual extremists to carry out criminal or violent acts ., said FBI Phoenix bulletin 

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It also goes on to say the FBI believes conspiracy-theory-driven 

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extremists are likely to increase during the 2020 presidential election cycle 

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The FBI said another factor driving the intensity of this threat is...  

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the uncovering of real conspiracies or cover-ups involving illegal, harmful, or unconstitutional activities by government officials or leading political figures 

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It did not specify which political leaders or which cover-ups it was referring t