Kim Dotcom claims HE was involved in Wikileaks

May 22, 2017

Now internet hacker Kim Dotcom claims HE was involved in Wikileaks Clinton emails storm - and that murdered Democratic aide Seth Rich was source of data

Conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich were revived last week
First, the D.C.-based Fox-affiliate ran a quickly-debunked story that said connections between Rich and Wikileaks had been found
Over the weekend, those claims were repeated by hacker Kim Dotcom, who said he knew Rich and knew Rich was Wikileaks' source
Dotcom's claims were amplified by Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity, who tweeted at the hacker and invited him on a future show
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich also brought up the Rich murder, suggesting the young man was 'assassinated' for leaking DNC emails
D.C. officials and the Rich family have vehemently pushed back, with a deputy mayor saying there is 'no Wikileaks connection' in the homicide investigation

By NIKKI SCHWAB, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 19:53, 22 May 2017 | UPDATED: 21:09, 22 May 2017

Hacker Kim Dotcom is saying that he knew murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich – and Rich gave the political party's trove of emails to Wikileaks.

'I knew Seth Rich. I know he was the Wikileaks source. I was involved,' Dotcom cryptically tweeted on Saturday.

Conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Rich, who was gunned down in D.C. last July, are again swirling thanks to Dotcom's bold, and unsubstantiated claims, and a debunked news report from local station Fox5.

Big name conservatives including Sean Hannity have been fanning the flames of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. The Fox News personality later invited Kim Dotcom on a future show Online mogul Kim Dotcom said over the weekend that he knew Seth Rich and knew that the staffer was Wikileaks' source, of which there is zero evidence