@taoeffect@mstdn.io this looks like it may in its obscurity have been a source of pizza-themed speculations. perhaps some of those speculations included said claim about Comet pizza, to the point a well-intended believer raided the place looking for a nonexistent basement. the term PizzaGate obviously refers to much beyond this peculiar e-mail, though I don't doubt the e-mail is part of its origin story.