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Eugene

(61,881 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2016, 05:56 PM Dec 2016

Accused 'fake-news' pizza gunman planned raid for days: affidavit

Source: Reuters

A North Carolina man who opened fire in a Washington pizzeria that fake news reports claimed was operating a child sex ring had planned the raid for days and tried to rally friends to the attack, according to federal court documents filed on Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors took over the case against Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, charging him with violating U.S. gun laws when he drove from his home in Durham, North Carolina, armed with an AR-15 assault rifle, handgun and shotgun with plans to investigate the Comet Ping Pong restaurant.

He said he had been drawn to it after reading fake online news stories about the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which falsely said that 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was running a pedophilia ring out of the pizzeria.

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Welch had begun reaching out to friends three days earlier, urging them to watch a YouTube video about the alleged conspiracy and seeking a volunteer to come along, asking if a friend was "down for the cause?" according to the documents.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-washingtondc-gunman-idUSKBN14213S

U.S. | Tue Dec 13, 2016 | 4:23pm EST
By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON

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Accused 'fake-news' pizza gunman planned raid for days: affidavit (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2016 OP

*raised eyebrow* Perhaps Edgar should be confined to a mental facility for the foreseeable future? cstanleytech Dec 2016 #1

And now Alex Jones is in frantic CYA mode. Archae Dec 2016 #2

When Democrats do that, don't they call it "destruction of evidence"? jmowreader Dec 2016 #3

Yup, republicans scream "COVER-UP!" Archae Dec 2016 #4

Thankfully no one was killed at least. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #5

So the shooter lied to the NYT. He said he didn't plan it. yardwork Dec 2016 #6

cstanleytech

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1. *raised eyebrow* Perhaps Edgar should be confined to a mental facility for the foreseeable future?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2016, 05:59 PM

Dec 2016

After all if he really is going to believe that someone in the limelight like Hillary is going to operate a pedophilia ring out a of pizza restaurant then he clearly has a few bats loose in his belfry that need to be rounded up.