Yes, views on impeachment are related to belief in conspiracy theories — but not the ones you’d expect

The impeachment inquiry into President Trump is rife with conspiracy theories. It began, in part, with Trump’s demand that the Ukrainians investigate the “CrowdStrike” conspiracy theory, the false idea that Ukraine has the Democratic server that was hacked in 2016. Then came numerous conspiracy theories about congressional witnesses, George Soros and other usual suspects such as Russia or the “Deep State.”

Now, new polling that we’ve conducted shows just how much belief in conspiracy theories is connected to views of impeachment. And it’s not necessarily the CrowdStrike theory that has the strongest connection. CONT.