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Comet Ping Pong updates: Shooter guilty plea; Conspiracy theorist apologizes

March 27, 2017 by FHC

The gunman who surrendered to police in December after attempting to “self-investigate” internet falsehoods about Comet Ping Pong pleaded guilty last Friday to weapons and assault charges.

Read more about it in The Washington Post, NBC.com and WAMU.org.

Edgar Maddison Welch, who had driven here from North Carolina, entered Comet on a Sunday afternoon carrying a loaded AR-15 and revolver. He was charged with illegally transporting firearms over state lines and assault with a dangerous weapon. Welch’s sentence is scheduled for June 22nd.

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On the same day, a conspiracy theorist who has spread the so-called “Pizzagate” rumors about Comet on his broadcasts released a videotaped apology to Comet Ping Pong owner James Alefantis. Read more at Slate.com, and The New York Times.

That didn’t dissuade the two dozen or so believers who showed up for a White House Pizzagate protest the next day.

Couple dozen people at the WH #pizzagate protest. This is one crazy country. pic.twitter.com/eHDKiDjy4G

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 25, 2017

Will Sommer reports for The Hill.

Met a couple from Erie, Pa that traveled here for the rally. They say the Comet shooting was a false flag, they found Pizzagate on Twitter.

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 25, 2017

We’re heartened to see seats filled at Comet and all the neighboring restaurants that have for months faced harassment on social media and on the phone. We continue to #StandWithComet and with its neighbors.

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