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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016 photo, flowers and notes left by well-wishers outside a pizza restaurant in northwest Washington, D.C.,are shown, where a North Carolina man fired an assault rifle multiple times as he attempted to “self-investigate” the conspiracy theory known as “Pizzagate. On Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming an expert who debunked the “pizzagate” conspiracy theory has been jailed for possessing child sexual abuse images. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko, File)

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