In addition to her November 2016 posts promoting “Pizzagate” — a since debunked conspiracy theory that connected members of the Democratic Party and U.S. restaurants to a child-sex ring — Ms. Barreto retweeted an image in 2017 calling President Obama a “Muslim terrorist” while also tweeting that he is a “pansy and a traitor.”
Ms. Barreto also supported the conspiracy that Ms. Clinton planned the murder of Democratic National Committee worker Seth Rich, and she retweeted a photo of Ms. Clinton and President Obama that said, “Fact: Our forefathers would have hung these two for treason.”
An HHS spokesperson told The Hill Ms. Barreto would continue to be on administrative leave “while the matter is reviewed.”
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