Pizzagate conspiracy theory

Pizzagate is a debunked conspiracy theory that went viral during the 2016 U.S. presidential election cycle. Members of the alt-right, conservative journalists, and others who had urged Clinton’s prosecution over the emails, spread the conspiracy theory on social media outlets such as 4chan, 8chan, and Twitter. Pizzagate has received a resurgence in 2020, an election year, mainly due to QAnon....