A year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly walking into a Washington, D. The story. How it started. How it spread. Pizzagate quickly spread to other social media sites including Twitter and Reddit—where a thread called Pizzagate attracted thousands of subscribers it has since been suspended.
The story then began spreading on Facebook and nationalist and fake news websites, ultimately reaching foreign language sites as far away as Saudi Arabia. The reaction. Protesters also gathered outside the restaurant. In one encounter, they interrogated Alefantis and put the interview on YouTube. It was published on there weeks ago. Edgar Maddison Welch, from Salisbury, N. Welch fired the rifle but the employee managed to escape and there were no injuries. Welch was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.
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