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The court document I have attached below confirms that on December 4, 2016 at around 3pm Edgar Madison Welch entered "Comet Ping Ping" armed with an AR-15 and .38 caliber revolver. He then searched the building after watching a video on YouTube that there was a child trafficking ring located within "hidden rooms" of the pizzeria. After not finding any evidence he surrendered himself to authorities. He was later sentenced to four years in prison, as confirmed by the Department of Justice in the second link I have attached.

According to the BBC there has never been an investigation, victim or physical evidence to suggest that the conspiracy was in any way real. The conspiracy formed in 2016 on the platform "4chan" which is known for "extreme content and trollish behavior". The FBI never launched an investigation and there has never been any sort of evidence in the 8 years since it happened.

If you were referring to the Welch incident than you are incorrect, it has been confirmed to be real. If you are referring to the legitimacy of the conspiracy then you are correct in saying that it was not real.

Hope this helps.

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pizzagate-affidavit.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/north-carolina-man-sentenced-four-year-prison-term-armed-assault-northwest-washington

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38156985
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This assessment is verifiably truthful. Unfortunately, this event did transpire, and there is far too many viable sources citing concrete evidence to claim otherwise. Edgar Welch was in fact deceived into believing this conspiracy theory, so much so that he took it upon himself to do something about it. When he showed up and asked to see the basement, where said “child trafficking” was claimed to take place, not only was that not the case, but there simply wasn’t a basement. This conspiracy-caused, dangerously irresponsible event really did happen, Edgar Welch served four years in prison because it happened.. The District Attorneys office says so, BBC says so, and the actual legal documents say so.

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