WASHINGTON — A man who brought loaded guns to a family pizza parlor to investigate a fake news story about high-ranking Democratic officials trafficking children has made his first appearance in federal court in Washington.
The case of 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury, N.C., moved Tuesday from Superior Court in the District of Columbia to U.S. District Court, where he faces a charge of interstate transportation of a firearm with an intent to commit a crime. If convicted, he could spend up to 10 years in prison.
He appeared Tuesday afternoon before a magistrate, who set a preliminary hearing for Friday. The judge also review then whether Welch should continue to be held in custody. Welch has been in jail since the Dec. 4 shooting at Comet Ping Pong.
