“Pizzagate “expert” went to jail for child pornography”
Social media posts
A post on Facebook. Claim dated 28 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A former ABC News investigative journalist was sentenced in September to six years in prison for possessing and transporting child sexual abuse images. That journalist never debunked the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 November 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7456782550999067&set=gm.1524908491642255&idorvanity=…
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