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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The man who in 2016 showed up to a popular pizza restaurant with a gun, claiming there were children being trafficked in the basement, died in an officer-involved shooting on Thursday outside of ...

Welch gained notoriety in December 2016 when he pulled the trigger of an AR-15 inside DC’s Comet Ping Pong, claiming he ... sex ring from the eatery’s basement. He shot a storage door and ...