John R. Houk
© May 17, 2017
Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer by the name of
Seth Rich was shot to death around 4:00 AM on the streets of Washington D.C. The
initial reports say Mr. Rich was murdered in a robbery.
Whoops. Nothing of value or at all was taken from the
murdered Mr. Rich.
Then enters Julian Assange of Wikileaks. Assange publicizes
that Rich was a major source of DNC emails and says an investigation should
proceed to find the actual motive behind the murder.
The Left Stream Media blows off Assange’s assertion revenge
murder for exposing the DNC and sticks with Trump colluded with Russia to hack
the DNC emails to win the election.
The murder victim’s family is not buying the police dictum
of a random murder and wants better answers for Mr. Rich’s homicide.
Thus, a private investigator is hired by the family but
financed by a third party to look into the Rich murder.
The private investigator is a former police detective by the
name of Rod Wheeler. Wheeler’s investigation is stonewalled by the D.C. Police
and the FBI but still finds a source that wants anonymity to stay out of
trouble. The anonymous tipster says he has seen Seth Rich’s laptop that has a
history of sending thousands of emails to Wikileaks. Rod Wheeler goes public
because D.C. Police and the FBI stonewalling and suspicious denials reeks of
cover-up.
Whoops. The Rich family are evidently stalwart Dems and are
upset that Wheeler let the cat out of the bag that Seth Rich sent DNC emails to
Wikileaks.
The Rich family commit an odd oxymoron by rebuking Rod
Wheeler’s public revelations by
1) Denying that Seth Rich – a Dem
staffer from a Dem family – would send incriminating emails to Wikileaks
2) Claim Rod Wheeler violated his contract by
making his findings public.
Hmm …
It appears strange to defend Seth Rich’s memory at the potential cost of tying
his murder to some form of DNC revenge and simultaneously yell at Rod Wheeler
using the weight of public opinion to expose a D.C. Police/FBI cover-up.
The anger of Seth Rich’s family suggests that they would
rather stick to the initial police story of a random killing then believe their
son or nephew or whatever was murdered out of revenge or to silence him from further
divulgement of info exposing the dark side of the Democratic Party.
What should an American’s grey matter to wonder is: Why
would the FBI be involved in a random street murder rather than the local cops?
Hmm …
I wonder.
See also:
Evidence linking slain DNC staffer Seth
Rich to Wikileaks before he was murdered; By Samantha
Chang; BIZPAC Review; 5/16/17
Family of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich
blasts detective over report of WikiLeaks link; By Malia Zimmerman; Fox News;
5/16/17
It appears that D.C.’s local Fox
5 News broke the story. Here’s a segment from posted by a Youtuber
broadcasted at the Monday 10:00 PM time slot (I Found it at the BIZPAC
Review linked above):
Published
on May 15, 2017
Monday
during the 10 p.m. ET news broadcast of Fox’s Washington, D.C. affiliate WTTG,
correspondent Marina Marraco revealed an investigation by former D.C. homicide
detective Rod Wheeler found now-deceased Democratic National Committee staffer
Seth Rich had been emailing with WikiLeaks.
Rich was killed last year in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. According to local police, the incident was likely a botched robbery. However, Rich’s death has been the subject of other speculations given the timing of his death coincided with a WikiLeaks dump of Democratic National Committee emails.
Wheeler explained to Marraco the obstacles he has faced in dealing with both the local police and the FBI during his investigation and argued Rich’s computer may offer some more details.
“The police department nor the FBI have been forthcoming,” Wheeler said. “They haven’t been cooperating at all. I believe that the answer to solving his death lies on that computer, which I believe is either at the police department or either at the FBI. I have been told both.”
Wheeler went on to confirm he had a source within the police department that said that computer could link Rich to WikiLeaks. But he noted that a source within the police department told him of a “highly unusual” instruction for police to stand down on that murder investigation.
“Actually, I have a source inside the police department that has looked at me straight in the eye and said, ‘Rod, we were told to stand down on this case, and I can’t share any information with you.’ Now, that’s highly unusual for a murder investigation, especially from a police department. Again, I don’t think it comes from the chief’s office, but I do believe there is a correlation between the mayor’s office and the DNC and that is the information that’s going to come out tomorrow.”
Marraco went on to add that Wheeler’s reference to the information coming out tomorrow would be broadcasted on the Fox News Channel.
Rich was killed last year in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. According to local police, the incident was likely a botched robbery. However, Rich’s death has been the subject of other speculations given the timing of his death coincided with a WikiLeaks dump of Democratic National Committee emails.
Wheeler explained to Marraco the obstacles he has faced in dealing with both the local police and the FBI during his investigation and argued Rich’s computer may offer some more details.
“The police department nor the FBI have been forthcoming,” Wheeler said. “They haven’t been cooperating at all. I believe that the answer to solving his death lies on that computer, which I believe is either at the police department or either at the FBI. I have been told both.”
Wheeler went on to confirm he had a source within the police department that said that computer could link Rich to WikiLeaks. But he noted that a source within the police department told him of a “highly unusual” instruction for police to stand down on that murder investigation.
“Actually, I have a source inside the police department that has looked at me straight in the eye and said, ‘Rod, we were told to stand down on this case, and I can’t share any information with you.’ Now, that’s highly unusual for a murder investigation, especially from a police department. Again, I don’t think it comes from the chief’s office, but I do believe there is a correlation between the mayor’s office and the DNC and that is the information that’s going to come out tomorrow.”
Marraco went on to add that Wheeler’s reference to the information coming out tomorrow would be broadcasted on the Fox News Channel.
The Fox News link
above has Rod Wheeler explaining his issues with a potential cover-up.
Fox News VIDEO – Hannity: Rod Wheeler on his investigation
into DNC staffer's murder
The best news article I found
is at PJ Media which I am cross posting below that includes a 10:00 PM
update at the end.
********************
Fox News: Murdered DNC
Staffer Sent 44,053 Internal Emails to WikiLeaks
By DEBRA HEINE
MAY 16, 2017
Fox News is now reporting,
based on multiple investigative sources, that Seth Rich -- the Democratic
National Committee staffer who was gunned down in Northwest D.C. near his home
last July -- leaked thousands of DNC emails to WikiLeaks in the months
beforehand.
According to Fox News' Malia
Zimmerman, these new revelations are consistent with the findings of Rod Wheeler, a
former D.C. homicide detective and Fox News contributor. Wheeler told Fox 5 DC that there
is evidence on Rich's laptop that confirms he was emailing WikiLeaks prior to
his death. Wheeler's law enforcement sources also allegedly claimed they
were told to "stand down" on investigating the crime.
Rich's family, however, has
denounced Wheeler's claims in a statement, calling them
"unsubstantiated."
A
federal investigator who reviewed an FBI forensic report -- generated within 96
hours after DNC staffer Seth Rich's murder -- detailing the contents Rich’s
computer said he made contact with WikiLeaks through Gavin MacFadyen, a
now-deceased American investigative reporter, documentary filmmaker, and
director of WikiLeaks who was living in London at the time.
“I
have seen and read the emails between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks,” the federal
investigator told Fox News, confirming the MacFadyen connection. He said the
emails are in possession of the FBI, while the stalled case is in the hands of
the Washington Police Department.
The
revelation is consistent with the findings of Rod Wheeler, a former DC homicide
detective and Fox News contributor and whose private investigation firm was
hired by a third party on behalf of Rich’s family to probe the case. Rich was
shot from behind in the wee hours, but was not robbed.
“My
investigation up to this point shows there was some degree of email exchange
between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks,” Wheeler said. “I do believe that the answers
to who murdered Seth Rich sits on his computer on a shelf at the DC police or
FBI headquarters.”
The
federal investigator, who requested anonymity, said 44,053 emails and 17,761
attachments between Democratic National Committee leaders, spanning from
January 2015 through late May 2016, were transferred from Rich to MacFadyen
before May 21.
Rich left Lou’s City
Bar, a couple miles from his home, at about 1:15 a.m. on July 10. His immediate
activities after leaving the bar remain a mystery:
He
walked home, calling several people along the way. He called his father, Joel
Rich, who he missed because he had gone to sleep. He talked with a fraternity
brother and his girlfriend, Kelsey Mulka.
Around
4:17 a.m., Rich was about a block from his home when Mulka, still on the phone
with him, heard voices in the background. Rich reassured her that he was steps
away from being at his front door and hung up.
Two
minutes later, Rich was shot twice. Police were on the scene within three
minutes. Rich sustained bruising on his hands and face. He remained conscious,
but died at a nearby hospital less than two hours later.
Police
detectives will not say whether Rich provided them with any clues about the
identity of his attackers or their motivation, Wheeler said. However, Wheeler
believes Rich could have provided information prior to his death of who was
responsible for carrying out his murder.
Grainy video tape from a
security camera outside a grocery mart shows two assailants shooting Rich twice
in his back. They did not take "his wallet, cell phone, keys, watch or
necklace worth about $2,000."
On July 22, just twelve days
after Rich was murdered, WikiLeaks published emails that prompted the resignation
of Debbie Wasserman Schultz from her role as DNC chairperson on the eve of the
Democratic National Convention. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has insisted
all along that the DNC emails were not hacked by the
Russians, and he has implied that Rich was indeed the
source of the emails. On August 9, WikiLeaks offered a $20,000 reward for
information on the murdered DNC staffer.
[O]ur
sources take risks, and they, they become concerned to see things occurring
like that, whistle-blowers go to significant efforts to get us material and
often very significant risks. As a 27-year-old, works for the DNC, was shot in
the back, murdered just a few weeks ago for unknown reasons as he was walking
down the street in Washington.
Fox News reports that law
enforcement sources "close to the investigation" say the police have
"no suspects and no substantial leads as to who the killer or killers may
be":
Metropolitan
Police, including the police chief, have refused to discuss the case, despite
requests from Fox News dating back 10 months.
The
department released a statement on the case saying it remains an active
investigation and that detectives are working with Rich's family.
"If
there are any individuals who feel they have information, we urge them to call
us at (202) 727-9099 or text us at 50411," read the statement. "The
department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information on this case
that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible."
The
FBI’s national office declined to comment, but sources said the bureau provided
cyber expertise to examine Rich’s computer.
Wheeler
believes powerful forces are preventing the case from a thorough investigation.
“My
investigation shows someone within the D.C. government, Democratic National
Committee or Clinton team is blocking the murder investigation from going
forward,” Wheeler told Fox News. “That is unfortunate. Seth Rich’s murder is
unsolved as a result of that.”
Rich's family released a
statement blasting Rod Wheeler.
The statement says he was not authorized to speak to the press about the
investigation, and characterizes his findings as "unsubstantiated
claims":
"As
we’ve seen through the past year of unsubstantiated claims, we see no facts, we
have seen no evidence, we have been approached with no emails and only learned
about this when contacted by the press," the spokesperson said. "Even
if tomorrow, an email was found, it is not a high enough bar of evidence to
prove interactions as emails can be altered and we’ve seen that those
interested in pushing conspiracies will stop at nothing to do so.
"We
are a family who is committed to facts, not fake evidence that surfaces every
few months to fill the voice and strict law enforcement and the general public
from finding Seth’s murderers," the statement continued. "The
services of the private investigator who spoke to press was offered to the Rich
family and paid for by a third party, and contractually was barred from
speaking to press or anyone outside of law enforcement or the family unless
explicitly authorized by the family.”
Posted
by Fox News
Published
on May 16, 2017
Update: 10:00 P.M. PST
Rod Wheeler told CNN on
Tuesday afternoon that the source for his claim that there was "tangible
evidence" on Rich's laptop that proves that he was in communications with
WikiLeaks was the reporter who worked on the story for FoxNews.com (presumably
Malia Zimmerman, who based her story on multiple investigative sources).
He
explained that the comments he made to WTTG-TV were intended to simply preview
Fox News' Tuesday story. The WTTG-TV news director did not respond to multiple
requests for comment.
"I
only got that [information] from the reporter at Fox News," Wheeler told
CNN. Asked about a quote attributed to him in the Fox News story in which he
said his "investigation up to this point shows there was some degree of
email exchange between Seth Rich and Wikileaks," Wheeler said he was
referring to information that had already been reported in the media.
He
said a "federal investigator that was involved on the inside of the
case" saw Rich's computer and the case file. Wheeler told host Sean
Hannity the investigator "came across [as] very credible.
When
you look at that, with the totality of everything else that I found in
this case, it’s very consistent for a person with my experience to begin to
think, 'Well, perhaps there were some email communication between Seth and
Wikileaks.'"
Brad Bauman, a spokesman
for the Rich family, said the family was "reviewing possible legal action
against Wheeler for speaking about the case publicly."
A
contract between Wheeler and the Rich family prohibited from speaking to the
media about his ongoing investigation, Bauman said.
________________
Another Cover-up? Another
Clinton Body Count?
John R. Houk
© May 17, 2017
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Fox News: Murdered DNC
Staffer Sent 44,053 Internal Emails to WikiLeaks
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