"Pizzagate" is a conspiracy theory that went viral during the 2016 United States presidential election cycle, falsely claiming that the New York City Police ...

Dec 2, 2016 — James Alefantis is the owner of Comet Ping Pong, a pizza restaurant in Washington. He's also a big Democratic Party supporter and raised money ...

by B Benton · 2023 · Cited by 1 — The QAnon conspiracy is largely an extension of several older conspiracies. A particularly influential conspiracy includes PizzaGate, which al

The man was investigating phony rumors of child sex trafficking -- a conspiracy theory that became known as "Pizzagate" -- at a pizza shop in December.

by P Bleakley · 2023 · Cited by 181 — The conspiracy theory known as 'Pizzagate' gained a cult following on alt-right forums, ultimately prompting one believer to conduct a sho

Nov 28, 2023 — Elon Musk continued to boost a debunked conspiracy theory Tuesday, posting and later deleting a meme on X that referred to a fringe, ...

Jul 14, 2020 — The false theory targeting Democrats, now fueled by QAnon and teenagers on TikTok, is entangling new targets like Justin Bieber.

7 days ago — Pizzagate is the conspiracy theory that targeted a Washington, D.C., pizzeria as the site of a Democrat-led child pornography and ...

Dec 6, 2016 — How the false and the very real collided at Comet Ping Pong.

"Pizzagate" is a conspiracy theory that went viral during the 2016 United States presidential election cycle, falsely claiming that the New York City Police ...

by M Tuters · 2018 · Cited by 104 — This article thus provides an empirical study of how the Pizzagate conspiracy theory developed out of a particular set of collective action

Mar 26, 2017 — Longtime conspiracy theorist and propagator Alex Jones has apologized to the Washington, DC pizzeria Comet Ping Pong and its owner James Alefantis.

Nov 21, 2023 — Elon Musk on Monday boosted the dangerous, years-old “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, ...

A conspiracy theory that accused former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of running a child sex ring at this pizza shop.

Nov 16, 2017 — The web of conspiracy theorists, Russian operatives, Trump campaigners who manufactured 'news' that Hillary Clinton ran a child-sex ring.

Jan 9, 2024 — An expert on conspiracy theories explains why MAGA figures are embracing the latest twist in the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

Nov 18, 2017 — The conspiracy theory Pizzagate alleged that top Democrats were running a child sex trafficking ring out of Comet Ping Pong, a DC pizza parlor.

Jul 7, 2021 — The Comet Ping Pong restaurant in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Deb Lindsey for The Washington Post via Getty Images). Researchers of the far right ...

Dec 5, 2016 — Amy Davidson on Pizzagate, a conspiracy theory claiming that John Podesta and Hillary Clinton were involved in a sex-trafficking ring run ...

Dec 15, 2016 — A man with a rifle enters a pizza place, not for the purposes of mass murder or terrorism but on a quest for epistemological certainty.