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    'Pizzagate' Gunman Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison

    Edgar Maddison Welch pleaded guilty in March after entering the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C., brandishing a rife in order to "investigate" a baseless conspiracy theory.
    by Merrit Kennedy Jun 22, 2017 2 minutes

    A North Carolina man who fired an AR-15 rifle inside a pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C., last year as he was "investigating" a baseless conspiracy theory has been sentenced to four years in prison.

    Edgar Maddison Welch to federal charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and

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