I've started the Youtube video at the point they begin discussing it: https://youtu.be/GD2pwatfQg4?t=17m54s
"Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law" which is why any comments these people have about Comet Pizza, pizzagate, etc. should be archived and compared with each other to see if there are inconsistencies with their stories and details.
Some things stood out to me in this interview but hopefully others have better insight into what he is saying.
JP and the host John Heilemann speak about "fake news" and pizzagate as if they were major factor in the election. JH made sure to say that Trump says "fake news" anytime the mainstream media says something he doesn't like, but fails to mention the entire "Fake News" narrative began as soon as Hillary lost. The first mention of fake news I heard was in regards to "demands" that Facebook control it somehow (JP speaks about this later in the video).
JP never denies the claims, only saying that the "mainstream media" debunked them. He mentions Alefantis but not by name (at first, then mentions his name later), as a "guy he knows" and goes on to describe him in generalities as if he's only heard about the guy a few times. He mentions Edgar Welch but not by name, saying he (Edgar) "drove to Washington to do a self investigation of what was going on in the basement of the pizzeria...I don't think the pizzeria had a basement, by the way".
JP claims "fake news" is "undermining our democracy".
If someone has the time, it may be useful to watch more videos of JP and the way he speaks and acts when we know he's speaking about something truthful, then compare to when we think he's lying. He has an odd way about his mannerisms. He's constantly wringing his hands and moving them, and has a death stare on the host JH during the entire time he's speaking. If you watch JH's non-verbal responses, he seems uncomfortable with the conversation as if he's forced to listen to someone trying to bullshit him. Everyone has been in a conversation like that and it's difficult to keep eye contact with that person, since they insist on maintaining eye contact 100% of the time as if that will help convince you it's true.
Maybe JP is just an eccentric cuck who always talks like that. Or maybe there's something here he is giving away in terms of the details he's providing, or not providing, and how his mannerisms change (or not change). Further digging would be helpful here as I'm not as well versed in the finer details of what JP has said or knows (and acting as if he doesn't know).
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OhRutherfordBehave ago
They really like to cling onto that basement narrative. Even though the pictures of so called "basement" were proven by voat clearly to be the pegasus museum. And whats up, James Alefantis testifies that Comet does indeed have a basement in a magazine article, or that is what the statement seems to imply.
Votescam ago
The other day I was reading something about the making of the tomato sauce for Alefantis' restaurant. Don't recall what it was or where, but it was referring to some farm where the harvest tomatoes come in and are processed in the basement for him. It's not the farm that was tracked down awhile ago. I actually think the thread or post is somewhere here on Voat and I will try to find it. What Alefantis is saying is that CPP restaurant doesn't have a basement and I have no idea if that is true or not. But that's like reading something here where suddenly you're reading a bit of propaganda that is anti-abortion fanaticism or something casting suspicion on the anti-smoking campaign. The comments are jarring and make you wonder about the poster and what they're up to. Same thing with John Podesta referring to the "basement" at CPP.