A shadowy online influencer linked to the QAnon movement, who goes by "Juan O Savin" — and has hinted or implied that he may be the late John F. Kennedy Jr., a fixture of some QAnon fantasies — is also involved in efforts to install election-deniers in key positions where they can oversee elections.
As Savin has become increasingly popular among online QAnon believers, he has also gained in support and legitimacy among Republican candidates for office, some of whom have joined his coalition that's working to recruit and elect secretary of state candidates who support or echo Donald Trump's false claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
But Savin — whose real name is Wayne Willott, according to his online rivals — wasn't always a prominent figure in the QAnon movement, according to a researcher for the Q Origins Project, who has helped track the movement since its beginning.
"He was a figure of ridicule, in part because he is a consummate bullshitter," said the researcher, who asked to remain anonymous to protect himself from online attacks. "He portrays himself like this globetrotting billionaire James Bond spy who knows everything about everything."
Other QAnon influencers who had been steeped in the movement since the beginning, the researcher said, refused to take Savin seriously at first, largely because his brand has been built on allowing his followers to believe that he is John F. Kennedy Jr. in disguise.
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