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Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

Law enforcement agency in Washington, D.C., United States

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Jan 18, 2026
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How have fact-checkers and law enforcement debunked Pizzagate claims?

Fact-checkers and law enforcement rejected the core Pizzagate claims by showing there was no evidence of a child-trafficking ring tied to Comet Ping Pong, that the leaked Podesta emails contain no dis...

Jan 28, 2026

What were the most significant leaked pizza gate emails

The single most-cited email that ignited the frenzy was a mundane note about a forgotten handkerchief described as having “a map that seems pizza-related,” which investigators on forums read as a code...

Jan 7, 2026

How many Metropolitan Police Department officers were injured during January 6 2021?

The number of Metropolitan Police Department (D.C. MPD) officers reported injured on January 6, 2021 varies across official and media accounts: an early Department of Homeland Security operations repo...

Dec 21, 2025

will Pam Smith be arrested for cooking the books on crime reporting?

Available reporting documents serious allegations that D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith pressured subordinates to downgrade or misreport crimes and that two federal inquiries found a coercive culture...

Dec 19, 2025

Was Clinton using pedophile key words in emails

There is no credible, verifiable evidence that Hillary Clinton herself used "pedophile keywords" in her emails; the allegation originated from internet sleuthing around John Podesta’s hacked inbox and...

Oct 30, 2025

Who authorized the D.C. National Guard to respond on January 6 2021?

Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller authorized the District of Columbia National Guard to be employed for planned demonstrations on January 4, 2021, and then signed an order to “re-missi...