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I have been following the Seth Rich story since 2016. Nothing about it ever made sense. A murder with no robbery. Federal agents on scene within hours. Media retractions. FOIA stonewalls.
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Seth Rich was a 27-year-old DNC staffer. He was gunned down in DC on July 10, 2016. His wallet, phone, and watch were untouched. Police called it a botched robbery. No arrests.
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By late 2016, chatter tied MS-13 members to the killing. Both were reported dead shortly after. Officially never confirmed. Conveniently suppressed.
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Then came Julian Assange. On Dutch TV he referenced a “27-year-old DNC staffer shot in the back.” He denied Russia as WikiLeaks’ source. WikiLeaks offered a reward.
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Sean Hannity pressed him in 2017. Assange repeated Russia was not the source. Hannity was smeared just for asking questions.
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After that, Assange’s life unraveled. His asylum became isolation. He was arrested, tortured in Belmarsh, and only freed in 2024 after a plea deal. He has never spoken directly on Seth.
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CrowdStrike’s president admitted under oath they had no proof Russia exfiltrated DNC data. Yet the whole Russia narrative rested on that claim.
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The DNC was writing six figure checks to CrowdStrike right after Seth’s murder. The money trail was clear.
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Forensic analysis showed the WikiLeaks files moved at local USB speeds. Not a remote hack. Metadata told a different story.
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Pulitzer journalist Seymour Hersh, caught on tape, said an FBI source told him Rich had DNC documents and was in contact with WikiLeaks. He later walked it back.
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Attorney @Ty_Clevenger forced the FBI to admit they had 20,000 pages and Seth’s devices after years of lying. They are still hiding the records today.
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John Podesta himself wrote in 2015: “I am definitely for making an example of a suspected leaker.”
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FBI’s @petestrzok wrote about WikiLeaks’ reward: “Just FYSA. I squashed this…” Proof they actively buried the Rich lead.
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Seth’s brother Aaron sued investigators like @RealMattCouch. The case was sealed, locking away depositions and evidence.
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Finally, in 2025, Grassley released a Durham appendix confirming Russiagate was fabricated by the Clinton campaign and known by the FBI.
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Put it all together. This was not incompetence. It was containment.
Full investigation, with links to lawsuits, videos and stories here:
open.substack.com/pub/adanestorw…
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