Authorities seek man in arson fire at 'Pizzagate' eatery

[SunSeeker]

Federal authorities were looking for a man Saturday for questioning in an arson fire at a Washington pizzeria known for being a target of conspiracy theorists. 

In 2016, Comet was targeted by some users of Reddit and 4chan discussion groups online who said a child sex ring was being operated out of the business' basement. 

The business does not have a basement. Conspiracy theorists posted that readers could uncover a child sex ring in the hacked emails of John Podesta — if only one were to replace words like “pizza” with “little girl.” 

Podesta casually knows the owner of Comet and once mentioned a fundraiser for President Obama at the restaurant. "Pizzagate" conspiracies were widely seen as a prelude to the blossoming of a community of online conspiracy theorists known as Qanon. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/authorities-seek-man-arson-fire-pizzagate-eatery-n963206 


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Link to tweet

[Initech]

1. Sigh... more Trump inspired terrorism.

[SunSeeker]

3. Yup. And only Trump can end it by denouncing it, but he won't.

He's too busy talking about imaginary prayer rugs and taped up women at the Mexican border.

[DontBooVote]

2. This insanity has GOT TO END!

[Cha]

4. the poor owner of Comet Pizza!

[SunSeeker]

5. I know, right? If lived there I'd make sure to buy their pizza. nt

[Cha]

6. I hope Dems who are there

will help them out and that he has insurance!

[zaj]

7. Someone needs to fund lawsuits and unwind QAnon

[SunSeeker]

8. This is domestic terrorism. DOJ and FBI should be on this. nt