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On December 5, 2016, Edgar M. Welch, 28, of Salisbury, N.C., traveled to Comet Ping Pong to rescue the victims imprisoned in the basement of the restaurant. He entered the restaurant shortly before 3 p.m. with a rifle and fired it at least once inside, the [[police]] said. Welch demanded access to the basement, which does not exist. Welch was apprehended by the police and charged.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/pizzagate-comet-ping-pong-edgar-maddison-welch.html?_r=0|title=Man Motivated by ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory Arrested in Washington Gunfire|first=Eric|last=Lipton|work=New York Times|date=Dec. 5, 2016 |accessdate=April 10, 2017}}</ref> On June 22, 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pizzagate-gunman-edgar-maddison-welch-sentenced-four-years-prison-n775621|title=‘Pizzagate’ Gunman Edgar Maddison Welch Sentenced to Four Years in Prison|work=NBC News|date=Jun. 22, 2017|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}</ref>
On December 5, 2016, Edgar M. Welch, 28, of Salisbury, N.C., traveled to Comet Ping Pong to rescue the victims imprisoned in the basement of the restaurant. He entered the restaurant shortly before 3 p.m. with a rifle and fired it at least once inside, the [[police]] said. Welch demanded access to the basement, which does not exist. Welch was apprehended by the police and charged.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/pizzagate-comet-ping-pong-edgar-maddison-welch.html?_r=0|title=Man Motivated by ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory Arrested in Washington Gunfire|first=Eric|last=Lipton|work=New York Times|date=Dec. 5, 2016 |accessdate=April 10, 2017}}</ref> On June 22, 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pizzagate-gunman-edgar-maddison-welch-sentenced-four-years-prison-n775621|title=‘Pizzagate’ Gunman Edgar Maddison Welch Sentenced to Four Years in Prison|work=NBC News|date=Jun. 22, 2017|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}</ref>
Michael G. Flynn, the 33-year-old son of the former National Security Advisor, had been working as a scheduler with his father on the Trump transition team. However, the younger Flynn had wrote some controversial tweets about the shooting at Comet Ping Pong. He was dismissed from the Trump transition team staff on December 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.breitbart.com/news/son-of-trump-advisor-booted-after-pizzagate/|title=Son of Trump advisor booted after ‘Pizzagate’|work=breitbart.com|date=December 6, 2017|accessdate=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
Michael G. Flynn, the 33-year-old son of the former National Security Advisor, had been working as a scheduler with his father on the Trump transition team. However, the younger Flynn had wrote some controversial tweets about the shooting at Comet Ping Pong. He was dismissed from the Trump transition team staff on December 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.breitbart.com/news/son-of-trump-advisor-booted-after-pizzagate/|title=Son of Trump advisor booted after ‘Pizzagate’|work=breitbart.com|date=December 6, 2017|accessdate=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==