The Hill: An official with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been placed on administrative leave after comments she made promoting the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory were made public.
According to videos and tweets first uncovered by Media Matters, Ximena Barreto, a deputy director of communications at HHS, repeatedly pushed false claims about the nonexistent pedophilia ring run out of a Washington, D.C., pizzeria, as well as made disparaging comments about African-Americans and Muslims.
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