Pizzagate is still a popular conspiracy theory, but it has no reason to be. To begin, a North Carolina gunman, Edgar Maddison Welch, claimed that he had come to D.C. with his intention being to help people by freeing the children in the basement of Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria. We had reason to believe that children were suffering in the basement of the pizzeri. After his investigation and speaking with D.C. police and Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria’s owner, James Alefantis, the evidence clearly shows the conspiracy theory was false. He was disproven, clearing that from being used as evidence to suggest otherwise. The owner informed everyone that the pizzeria doesn’t even have a basement and never has. Many conspiracy theorists argue that John and Tony Podesta personally kidnapped a woman by the name of Madeleine McCann at a Portugal Resort in 2007 which would link closely to the alleged child trafficking at Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria. British detectives released two e-fit photos as evidence that the brothers took the women. Both e-fits were based on one suspect whereas the conspiracy accused both brothers of the crime. In the New York Times article, "Dissecting the #Pizzagate Conspiracy Theories" by Gregor Aisch, Jon Huang and Cecelia Kang; they state, the witnesses described the man responsible as a white man who was between 20 and 40 and was a medium height. In 2007, Tony Podesta was 64 and John Podesta was 58. Neither of them match their description, which further disproves that Pizzagate is a real thing.