Hillary Clinton on Pizzagate: Denies

The claim: Democratic elites ran a child-trafficking ring linked to Comet Ping Pong.

2017-09-19: “John's writing about pizza [in an email] and one of these really, I consider, evil people in the media world and in the online world, out of whole cloth make up this story that John Podesta and I are running a child trafficking ring in the basement of the Comet Ping Pong Pizzeria.” source
2017-09-19: “a terrible example of what can be done by people who are malicious, unacquainted with the truth, and pursuing their own agendas.” source
2026-03-02: “Pizzagate was totally made up. It was an outrageous allegation that ended up hurting a number of people that caused a deranged young man to show up with his assault rifle and shoot up a local pizzeria. I can't believe you're even referencing it.” source
2026-03-03: “Pizzagate was totally made up. It was an outrageous allegation that ended up hurting a number of people, that caused a deranged young man to show up with his assault rifle and shoot up a local pizzeria.” source