Edgar Maddison Welch believed children were being abused in a non-existent basement of the pizza restaurant.

He promoted #Pizzagate, a belief that Democrats were sexually abusing kids in a restraunt's non-existent basement.

The man who in 2016 showed up to a popular pizza restaurant with a gun, claiming there were children being trafficked in the ...

Welch visited DC in 2016 to “investigate” Comet Ping Pong in Chevy Chase, which a bizarre conspiracy theory had posited as ...

Edgar Maddison Welch brought a rifle and a revolver into a pizzeria, Comet Ping Pong, at Washington, D.C., as he attempted to investigate the baseless conspiracy theory that the restaurant was the hub ...

Rumors about Haliey Welch's brother have hit social media faster than a hawk tuah. Some think she could be related to the ...

Welch pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced to four years in prison in 2017 by now-Supreme Court Justice ...

On December 4, 2016, Welch made national headlines when he drove from North Carolina with an assault rifle and stormed Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington after believing an unfounded ...

The man who in 2016 showed up to a popular pizza restaurant with a gun, claiming there were children being trafficked in the ...

Welch was reportedly confused when he was told Comet Ping Pong had no basement, a central feature of the conspiracy theory that children were being trafficked and abused there. Pizzagate was ...

It falsely claimed that the New York City Police Department had discovered a child sex trafficking ring in the basement of Comet Ping Pong Pizza in Washington, D.C. The conspiracy theory falsely ...