How Pizzagate fueled QAnon conspiracy theories and the attack on the Capitol
Edgar Maddison Welch gave D.C. its first glimpse of what would become QAnon.
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Edgar Maddison Welch gave D.C. its first glimpse of what would become QAnon.
The Pizzagate gunman is out of prison. Conspiracy theories are out of control. Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post Feb. 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The Comet neon sign adorns the Comet Ping Pong restaurant in Northwest Washington.Washington Post photo by Michael S. Williamson. SALISBURY, N.C. - He slipped out of bed before sunrise and started driving, spurred by the conspiracy theory he would soon help make famous. As he sped the 350 miles from his hometown in North Carolina to the nation's capital, Edgar Maddison Welch tilted his cellphone camera toward himself and pressed record. "I c...