Topic: Edgar Welch

2 chapters across the catalog

79: Pizza Party
2:03:01 - 2:09:57

79: Pizza Party

Edgar Welch and the Comet Ping Pong Sentencing

The hosts revisit the 2016 incident where Edgar Welch fired shots inside Comet Ping Pong pizzeria while "self-investigating" Pizzagate. They highlight that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was the judge who sentenced Welch to four years in prison. Mo expresses skepticism about the event, suggesting Welch's behavior—walking into a D.C. pizzeria with an AR-15—felt like a "limited hangout" or "crisis actor" performance designed to discredit the Pizzagate narrative.

57: Capitol Heel
2:52:52 - 2:56:59

57: Capitol Heel

Pizzagate vs QAnon, Edgar Welch Incident

The 2016 "Pizzagate" incident involving Edgar Welch at Comet Ping Pong is compared to the January 6th Capitol riot. The hosts argue that the media uses these "lone wolf" incidents to paint entire groups of people as dangerous or insane. They note that while Pizzagate was strictly censored, QAnon was allowed to flourish for a time to create a larger "trap" for dissidents.