Comet Ping Pong
Comet Ping Pong, a D.C. pizza place, has been targeted in the “Pizzagate” right-wing conspiracy theory.
The 22-year-old California man is accused of setting a curtain inside the restaurant on fire.
It remains unclear whether the perpetrator embraced the bogus conspiracy theory that targeted the eatery.
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Edgar Maddison Welch had bought into a fake story suggesting child sex trafficking took place there.
A stiff sentence for Edward Welch for his Comet Ping Pong assault would deter other "would-be vigilantes," prosecutors argue.
Edgar Welch believed the restaurant was home to a child sex trafficking ring because of something he read on the Internet.