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Farenthold: Dnc Staffer Killing Needs Federal Investigation
Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | May 24, 2017

Posted on 05/25/2017 4:04:20 AM PDT by Helicondelta

Corpus Christi Republican Congressman Blake Farenthold considers the source behind the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee's email server an unanswered question and believes a federal investigation is warranted.

Speaking on CNN Wednesday, the fourth-term congressman refuted a widely believed conclusion that the Russian government interfered with the U.S. presidential election to aid President Donald Trump's campaign and instead indicated a conspiracy theory about a slain Democratic National Committee staffer could be true.

"My fear is our constant focusing on the Russians is deflecting away for some other things that we need to be investigating," Farenthold said on the network. "There’s still some question as to whether the intrusion of the DNC server was an insider job or whether or not it was the Russians."

Later Wednesday, Farenthold elaborated on his opinion of how the investigation should be handled in a phone interview with the Caller-Times. The death should be investigated in the same manner Russian interference has been reviewed, he said.

"That should be a part of the ongoing investigation into alleged Russian interference in the election, because that’s an alternative theory that deserves being looked at," Farenthold said.

The "insider job" theory centers on the July murder of Seth Rich, who worked for the Democratic National Committee and was shot in the back.

(Excerpt) Read more at caller.com ...


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To: Hostage

Or as Assange likes to call leakers: Whistle-blowers.


41 posted on 05/25/2017 7:36:37 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Helicondelta

Shot several times in the back, in view of surveillance cameras, purportedly by 2 Hispanic males who were murdered themselves the next day.

The investigation into that double murder is also shutdown.

Where is the cops body camera footage and the feeds from close to ten surveillance cameras operating in the area at the time of Seth Rich’s shooting?

What did he say to the cops, he was still alive when they found him.

What does the autopsy report say, were his wounds fatal or did he die en route to hospital

Why aren’t the degenerate scumbags in the “press” asking these questions?


42 posted on 05/25/2017 7:51:03 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: CedarDave
Here's a screen cap. I'll try to locate original tweet...if they haven't pulled it, that is!

And, yes...you can look at tweets without being Twitter member. You just cannot reply/tweet.


43 posted on 05/25/2017 7:54:41 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: hans56

Petition signed. Thank you. IMO, we need Trump’s DOJ to take this out of the local police department’s control, just as Obama’s DOJ did with Ferguson, MO.


44 posted on 05/25/2017 7:57:50 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Get used to it - President Donald J. Trump)
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To: Jane Long

Thanks, but not necessary. Just found that are at least two threads on FR about USAA dropping Hannity including one on Front Page.


45 posted on 05/25/2017 7:58:39 AM PDT by CedarDave (Proud member of Hillary's Deplorables class of 2016.)
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To: CedarDave

Looks like they’ve deleted the tweet.

Here’s their twitter feed link, where you can see folks replying and BASHING them for pulling Hannity ads....

https://twitter.com/USAA_help


46 posted on 05/25/2017 8:00:35 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: pepsionice

good comments


47 posted on 05/25/2017 8:02:32 AM PDT by doug from upland (Hey, traitor Democrats. I have a tree. I'm sure another FReeper has a rope.)
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To: Cboldt
If done competently, the "insider job" theory centers on Seth Rich, period, with the murder maybe being related, and maybe not being related.

I don't understand this thinking.

If not for the murder what separates Rich from any other DNC staffer?

48 posted on 05/25/2017 8:18:34 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: Helicondelta

Sort of like the Miriam Carey investigation?


49 posted on 05/25/2017 8:32:24 AM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: semimojo
-- If not for the murder what separates Rich from any other DNC staffer? --

I think you question is what identifies him as the leaker, yes? There is evidence other than his murder, that associates him with Wikileaks. he leaked before he was murdered, that evidence has to exist.

The way you are viewing the case, if Rich's murder was in fact a random act of violence, then he couldn't have been the leaker. I find that to be logically nonsense.

50 posted on 05/25/2017 8:37:18 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
There is evidence other than his murder, that associates him with Wikileaks.

Where?

Assange and Kim Dotcom certainly haven't produced any.

The way you are viewing the case, if Rich's murder was in fact a random act of violence, then he couldn't have been the leaker.

No, not at all. I'd just don't think the fact that he was murdered is any indication that he was the leaker.

51 posted on 05/25/2017 8:51:20 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: semimojo
-- I'd just don't think the fact that he was murdered is any indication that he was the leaker. --

I agree with that. Maybe the leak and murder are linked, maybe they aren't. That's what I said in the first place.

As far as evidence of both events (leaking and the murder), I wasn't asserting I could marshal it, or even that it would ever see the light of day, only that it exists. The way the press and DEMs are framing the issue, if the Rich murder isn't linked to the leak, then Rich didn't leak. IOW, if you can't prove Rich was murdered for leaking, then he isn't the leaker.

If Rich was murdered for leaking, there is more than one way to get to "Rich was the leaker." One is to solve the murder including establishing the motive, the other is to find evidence created when he leaked, before he was murdered. If Rich was the leaker, some evidence of that was created before he was murdered.

52 posted on 05/25/2017 9:04:34 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Jane Long

They get enough “I’ll never be a USAA customer thank you” will change their minds right back.


53 posted on 05/25/2017 10:40:55 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Helicondelta

He’s right.


54 posted on 05/25/2017 11:28:51 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Helicondelta; Jim Robinson

Got a mention on GatewayPundit http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/05/breaking-gop-lawmaker-calls-federal-investigation-seth-rich-murder/


55 posted on 05/25/2017 11:41:39 AM PDT by GregNH (If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
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To: Rome2000

One of those rwowas also a DNC staffer


56 posted on 05/25/2017 12:07:52 PM PDT by stockpirate (SETH RICH gave the emails to wkikileaks, murdered he was)
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To: Helicondelta
The "insider job" theory centers on the July murder of Seth Rich, who worked for the Democratic National Committee and was shot in the back.

Ever notice that when the magician wants you to miss something he's up to, he misdidects your attention with some other attention-getting move?

Vitaly Churkin, 64, Russian UN Ambassador *dies suddenly* in New York, 19 Feb 2017.

[No mention of any former woman US Senator from New York he had on the payroll, helping supply Uranium to the Russian Federation.]

57 posted on 05/25/2017 12:35:27 PM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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To: struggle
Looks like the Overton window is being breached.

Great post. The media hysteria was an effort to prevent that from happening.

Most "conspiracy theories" are well outside the Overton window.

That is why most political speeches sound stupid and boring.
58 posted on 05/25/2017 1:41:02 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: semimojo
If not for the murder what separates Rich from any other DNC staffer?

You can research the details, but the short version is Rich was:

--A computer geek
--A Sanders supporter
59 posted on 05/25/2017 1:44:19 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: cgbg

Part of this whole scenario is the fact that major news outlets are so engaged in fake news that what they do is now probably bleeding over the Overton window.


60 posted on 05/25/2017 1:48:55 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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