Pizzagate

• ‘Pizzagate’ gunman Edgar Welch shot, killed by police after traffic stop

  When the officers approached a vehicle to arrest Welch, police said the man pulled out a handgun and pointed it at one of the officers.

  U.S. News

  Jan 10
  
• B.C. businessman Frank Giustra’s lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules

  Twitter had filed an application asking the B.C. Supreme Court to decline jurisdiction in favour of California, where the company is headquartered.

  Crime

  Dec 10, 2021
  
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• Trump says QAnon conspiracy theorists are people who ‘love our country‘

  The cult-like conspiracy theory imagines Trump as a holy warrior against a vast cabal of Satan-worshiping, child-abusing global elites.

  Trending

  Aug 20, 2020
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• Trump backs Marjorie Taylor Greene, QAnon believer on a path to Congress

  The Georgia Republican is poised to become the first elected supporter of QAnon, a wild and baseless conspiracy theory.

  Trending

  Aug 12, 2020
• ‘The devil’s laws’: Florida Christians fight mask rule at wild meeting

  One critic compared the county meeting to the comments section on YouTube after locals pushed several baseless conspiracy theories.

  Trending

  Jun 25, 2020
• FBI eyes conspiracy theories as domestic threat for the first time

  The FBI wrote that “anti-government, identity based, and fringe political conspiracy theories very likely motivate some domestic extremists, wholly or in part, to engage in criminal or violent activity.” 

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2019
• How a toxic ‘fight club’ of internet trolls enabled the New Zealand mosque shooting

  The mosque shooting in New Zealand emerged from the same toxic corner of the internet that fuelled massacres in Pittsburgh, Quebec City and Toronto.

  World

  Mar 23, 2019
• Trudeau slams Scheer over response to town hall question about ‘Pizzagate’ conspiracy

  Trudeau criticized Scheer over his response to a man who invoked the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory at a town hall in Kitchener, Ont. this week.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2019
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• Andrew Scheer says he didn’t challenge ‘pizzagate’ comment because he didn’t hear it

  Fuelled by conspiracy theorists, the debunked "pizzagate" rumour gained such traction that it led a gunman to fire an assault weapon inside a Washington pizzeria in 2016.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2019
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• QAnon: Behind the conspiracy theory cropping up at Trump rallies

  Supports of an online conspiracy theory known as QAnon are starting to show up at Trump rallies, where they tout their fringe movement with T-shirts and placards.

  Aug 2, 2018