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Russian Embassy tweets meme connecting Hillary Clinton to Seth Rich’s murder
Hot Air ^ | May 19, 2017 | John Sexton

Posted on 05/19/2017 3:13:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Friday morning the Russian embassy in the UK tweeted a meme suggesting Hillary Clinton was connected to the murder of Seth Rich. Here’s the tweet:

(TWEET-AT-LINK)

So, first of all, there’s the graphic. “Who killed Seth Rich?” is superimposed over the face of Hillary Clinton. Obviously, the suggestion being made is that Rich was murdered for the leak of DNC material which damaged Clinton. But it could also be taken as suggesting that Hillary herself ordered a hit on Rich.

Then there’s the text which states that Seth Rich was “#WikiLeaks informer….” That’s a claim that was recently made in two stories by Fox News. According to these stories, the FBI examined Rich’s computer after his death and found thousands of stolen DNC emails and proof that Rich was in contact with WikiLeaks.

Ed looked at those stories earlier this week and found them less than convincing. They require you to assume the FBI and the DC police are jointly participating in a cover-up of the real reason for Rich’s death. Shortly after Ed’s story went up, NBC News reported that two FBI agents denied the FBI had, or had ever examined, Rich’s computer:

Meanwhile, a current FBI official and a former one completely discount the Fox News claim that an FBI analysis of a computer belonging to Rich contained thousands of e-mails to and from WikiLeaks.

Local police in Washington, D.C., never even gave the FBI Rich’s laptop to analyze after his murder, according to the current FBI official.

And a former law enforcement official with first-hand knowledge of Rich’s laptop said the claim was incorrect. “It never contained any e-mails related to WikiLeaks, and the FBI never had it,” the person said.

Of course, that’s what they would say if they were part of a cover-up/conspiracy. But if that’s true then the family of Seth Rich must also be part of the conspiracy because they said none of this is true. It’s also worth noting that the investigator quoted in that initial Fox 5 story later told Newsweek he had never seen Rich’s laptop and had “nothing firsthand” about what was on it. All of that to say, there is good reason to believe Seth Rich was not the source of the DNC’s hacked emails.

So why is the Russian embassy tweeting this? One explanation is the one I raised back when Julian Assange first hinted that Seth Rich might have been his source. Russia and Assange were clearly not happy with being linked as source and distributor of the hacked emails from the DNC, DCCC, Podesta, etc. Assange prefers to claim he is independent, not the face of a Russian government cyber effort, and Russia has always denied that it played any role in the hacking.

Recall that shortly after our government began to publicly blame Russia for the hack last year, an online figure appeared calling himself Guccifer 2.0. Guccifer 2.0 claimed he (not Seth Rich) was behind all of this. Further investigation suggested Guccifer 2.0 was not a real person at all but a Russian propaganda effort created to take credit for something the Kremlin was denying involvement in.

So a week or so after doubts began to circulate about Guccifer 2.0, Assange pours gasoline on a conspiracy theory floating around on Reddit which says Seth Rich was the real source. He never really says it outright, but he suggests it could be true. Again, the result is that Assange maintains apparent distance from Russia and Russia has someone new to blame as it continues to deny responsibility for the hack. The fact that the Russian embassy is now pushing the same story Assange was last year shows they both prefer it to the alternative, i.e. that Russia hacked the DNC and gave the material to WikiLeaks.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: arkancide; assange; clinton; coup; dnc; russia; russianembassy; sethrich
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To: DesertRhino
that’s what they would say if they were part of a cover-up/conspiracy. But if that’s true then the family of Seth Rich must also be part of the conspiracy because they said none of this is true.

What a stupid inference. Of course Seth's parents said it wasn't true. If they said it was, they'd meet their deaths. Mysteriously, of course.

21 posted on 05/19/2017 3:55:30 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, ok, maybe. Had a rant yesterday.


22 posted on 05/19/2017 4:07:23 PM PDT by A strike (Television, and especially Madison Avenue is racist.)
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To: Bogie

http://www.unz.com/article/treason-to-what-im-with-the-russians-they-hate-us-less-than-the-media-does/

That article brings up a great point: the media and Establishment considers loyalty to the traditional American people to be treason.


23 posted on 05/19/2017 4:32:03 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is the same amount of evidence than Seth Rich was ordered killed by Hilary as there is that Alexander Litvinenko was ordered poisoned by Putin. No direct evidence, and every bit of logical assumption. Yet anyone who suggests the former is a conspiracy theory nutjob, but the latter is just assumed to be fact by the left stream media and neo-con Pubs.


24 posted on 05/19/2017 4:32:25 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: UCANSEE2

He didn’t just have emails about sanders being screwed over. HE HAD ALL THE EMAILS. Seth sent them all to Wikileaks. They thought that he could be stopped before he sent them but they were too late.

Why do you think the bogus rape case against Julian Assange was dropped all of a sudden today?

Does Donald Trump seem worried at all about anything? NO!


25 posted on 05/19/2017 4:42:11 PM PDT by Cats Pajamas
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To: Honorary Serb
Honorary Serb wrote: " Jeff Sessions did not die, but he has been paralyzed by his forced “recusal” on anything to do with the Russians.


26 posted on 05/19/2017 4:58:42 PM PDT by wtd
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To: wtd

Sweden dropping the “charges” against Assange at this time is indeed suspect.

definitely makes it less likely Assange will 100% out Seth Rich as the leaker (such a difficult decision for WikiLeaks to make in any case, as they don’t want to burn sources, not even dead ones).

Assange will have a whole new set of legal battles to plan now. good luck to him.

however, there will be much more to discover without Assange going further than he already has. keep digging.


27 posted on 05/19/2017 5:05:47 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The tweet...


28 posted on 05/19/2017 6:06:12 PM PDT by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
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To: PapaBear3625

And the Constitution an obstacle.


29 posted on 05/19/2017 7:39:34 PM PDT by Bogie
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To: PapaBear3625

And the Constitution an obstacle.


30 posted on 05/19/2017 7:39:37 PM PDT by Bogie
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To: UCANSEE2
Why is it always ‘the russians’ ?

The deep state has wanted to declare war on Russia for a while now. This policy developed through the Bush and Obama administrations, and if Hillary was elected, this summer might have been when it started. President Trump didn't go along, and wants better relations with Russia. The deep state came up with blaming the election on Russia not because of any facts, but because they are the designated next target anyway, and so it just preps the public to justify their war.

31 posted on 05/19/2017 8:11:24 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: DesertRhino
"Oh, that would NEVER happen./s"

Right, Vince?

32 posted on 05/19/2017 11:47:43 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
Below are images which reveal Seth's parents apparently had access to Seth's computer after his demise. They state that they discovered their son was allegedly offered a dream position within the Hillary campaign days before his death which his parents suggest he began to write an acceptance response.

Recall last week, the Rich's private investigator,


33 posted on 05/20/2017 7:02:47 AM PDT by wtd
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