NEW, by me: a Health and Human Services official pushed the Pizzagate conspiracy by calling John Podesta “a pedophile” and claiming Democrats use “satanic” rituals to abuse children at “pedophile dinners” mediaite.com/a/cmsvf while the HHS official in question has publicly apologized for posting conspiratorial and racist remarks, she appears to have privately taken back her apology by labeling reports on her views a “smear campaign” mediaite.com/a/cmsvf