‘Pizzagate’ gunman influenced by Clinton fake news pleads guilty

By Jared Morgan

Edgar M. Welch, 28, of Salisbury, N.C., surrendered to police on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 in Washington D.C. (Photo: Sathi Soma, via Associated Press)
The North Carolina man who opened fire on a Washington D.C. pizzeria last year — after a fake news story spread about the Clintons operating a child sex ring in its basement — pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of interstate transportation of and assault with firearms.
Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, signed a plea agreement in federal court admitting guilt to the charges stemming from the Dec. 4, 2016 incident that saw the gunman make the six-hour drive to the Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant, according to court documents. In his vehicle, Welch carried an AR-15 rifle loaded with 29 rounds, a fully-loaded six-shot .38 caliber pistol, a loaded 12-gauge shotgun and a box of shotgun shells.
It was just a few days earlier, on Dec. 1, that Welch had learned of the conspiracy theory that had come to be known as “Pizzagate,” which involved the unfounded rumors of pedophilia supposedly perpetrated by Hillary and Bill Clinton, as well as others in the Democratic Party. Welch read the fake news on non-credible websites and watched YouTube videos that spread

Source: Guns.com