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the term "pizzagate" was part of the disinformation to throw the actual investigation under the bus.

The press focused on a leaked report that it all happened in a small pizza place. While it effectively (for the leakers) killed progress of the investigation (the one which consequences are being talked now in this thread, so it was very much real) it also gave a catchy name for a while, that cause real investigative reports to jump in.

fake news is a very interesting problem to follow.