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He's the only one who could testify about the truth behind the DNC leak (Seth Rich) and the Podesta e-mails (phished). Neither were 'hacked' by the Russians.

With the Mueller investigation effectively over, it's time to turn the tables. Assange is a valuable asset in this endeavor.

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You realize you sound pretty far out-of-mainstream when you say things like that, right?

In fairness to OP, this is effectively the Sean Hannity line so I wouldn't say it's "out of the mainstream" anymore.

There is multiple points of evidence that Seth Rich was in contact with wikileaks before his murder and was either leaking documents or intending to leak documents.

You mean the investigation that proved that Assange attempted to weaponize the grief of a family for the gain of Russian political interests? That investigation?

Actually, there was some evidence that Seth Rich was indeed in contact with Wikileaks. There is no confirmation that he actually was the source of any leaks but there were email exchanges with Assange on his laptop and he appeared to be _intending_ to leak at least.

This was according to Seymore Hersh, you can find audio of him describing Rich's involvement and other discussion on the topic.

To be clear, Rich's murder could have been a total coincidence and he could have possibly not been the source of any published leaks. Given that, it was not weaponization but a reasonable assumption on the part of Wikileaks to conclude that Rich had probably been assasinated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh#Seth_Rich

> were email exchanges with Assange on his laptop and he appeared to be _intending_ to leak at least.

This is the definition of fake news disseminated by the Russians and the Republicans that want to cover for them.

Source from the other link: https://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540783715/lawsuit-alleges-fox...

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