Posted on 10/10/2022 8:02:18 PM PDT by bitt
Court was "not persuaded" by FBI's claims of family privacy.
A judge has ordered the FBI to release information it has in connection to the laptop of Seth Rich, a former Democratic National Committee staffer who was fatally shot in Washington in 2016.
Rich's 2016 death sparked conspiracy theories that he had participated in the DNC's infamous email leak that same year; that data breach has been linked to Russian hackers who were hoping to influence that year's presidential election in favor of Donald Trump.
In a Sept. 29 ruling, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant ruled partially in favor of Brian Huddleston, a Texas resident who in both 2017 and 2020 filed repeated Freedom of Information Act requests with the FBI related to its investigations into Rich's murder.
The court found that, though the FBI had broad latitude to withhold many documents from its FOIA response, the bureau had "improperly withheld" information "with regard to Seth Rich's laptop" in its possession.
Mazzant in the ruling ordered the FBI to "produce the information it possesses related to Seth Rich’s laptop and responsive to [Huddleston's] FOIA requests within 14 days of this Order."
The bureau has until Thursday, Oct. 13, to respond to the ruling.
Mazzant further noted in the ruling that though the FBI had conducted a technically "adequate" search for Huddleston's records requests, it was nevertheless "far from perfect."
"Had it not been for Huddleston’s persistence, it is likely that the Government’s failure to locate over 20,000 pages of potentially responsive records would have gone unnoticed," the judge wrote.
Authorities say Rich—who was reportedly heavily intoxicated at the time of his death—was likely killed in a burglary gone wrong outside of his D.C. house in the early morning hours.
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Has any data at all survived to this point?
If so, this will be some of the only evidence that hasn’t
been ‘cleaned’ prior to cases being brought before the court.
Hillary’s equipment and phones come to mind.
The DOJ paid damn good money to the family to follow the script. Who does this judge think he is?
I'm not a real groupie for Seth Rich stuff, but I don't think I've seen this detail before. Of course, it doesn't matter at all. It wouldn't change anything. Seems like some cheap shot at the murdered guy: "He drank a lot, you know. Probably deserved to be murdered." I don't know why they would report on this, and I don't know why I haven't seen it before. Feels weird.
“Oh, dear. Lost in a lithium battery fire.” /s
This just in:
"Seth Rich data accidentally deleted when FBI agent wipes laptop with a cloth!"
“Robbery gone wrong” they left everything. That’s not a robbery gone wrong. That’s a murder
He knew too much.
Carefully stored in the backseat of a Tesla in Fort Myers Beach Florida. As long as it stayed dry, the car and the laptop should be fine.
Good one!
The FBI has never found the murderer, but the FBI had time to perform SWAT raids on pro-life protesters that sing hymns. What’s wrong with that picture.
Oh gee, we’re sorry it accidentally fell in a shredder and then caught fire, and fell into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Pure accident. So sorry.
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They didn’t take Cash, wallet, or Jewelry he was wearing in plain sight.
If that’s a Burglary, then I’m Batman.
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DC Police said they were told to refer official inquiries on the case to Donna Brazile!
And they did!
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People can know many things. It’s when they tell them. He told too much. RiP
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Sanitized before Covid.
Notice how years and years go by on all these cases?
In 2016, Joe Biden gave Ukraine a directive to fire Prosecutor or not get a Billion dollars! Never happened before in history.
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