The latter is a Disneyish pizzeria owned by a homosexual named James Alefantis, who is a former boyfriend of David Brock, a Democratic Party operative and Clinton loyalist.

The word "pizza" in Pizzagate isn't just a reference to Comet Ping Pong pizzeria but stems from the many cryptic references to "pizza" and other food items ("hotdogs"; "pasta"; "tempting" "cheeses"; "yummy" "sauces") in a collection of curious emails sent by and to John Podesta, a longtime Democratic Party operative who was White House chief of staff in Bill Clinton's administration, White House counselor in the Obama administration and, most recently, chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.