The man who walked into Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C., pizza shop, armed with an AR-15 assault weapon and a revolver to investigate internet rumors has been sentenced to four years in prison. In a court document filed ahead of the hearing, his attorney asked that he be sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison. He said he drove to the restaurant from North Carolina to investigate a conspiracy theory about Democrats harboring child sex slaves there. Welch spoke briefly to apologize, saying he realized that his words "cannot undo or change what already happened." Two Comet Ping Pong workers and owner James Alefantis spoke before sentencing.

Source: Fox News June 22, 2017 17:43 UTC