Elon Musk has declared the “hammer of justice” is coming for fact checkers and mainstream journalists who falsely debunked Pizzagate to gaslight the public and protect elite pedophiles. Many of these fact-checkers and mainstream journalists were later implicated in disturbing child exploitation cases, with some serving prison sentences for serious crimes related to child abuse. On the eve of the U.S. election, Musk posted a message referencing John Podesta and journalist Slade Sohmer, who “debunked” Pizzagate as a baseless conspiracy in 2016 but was later arrested in 2023 on child abuse charges.