Wikileaks’s Julian Assange Adds to Conspiracy Theories Over Murder of DNC Staffer

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange suggests on Dutch TV that murder of DNC staffer somehow connected to sources who leak information.
Wikileaks’s Julian Assange Adds to Conspiracy Theories Over Murder of DNC Staffer
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been staying since 2012, on Feb. 5, 2016. In an interview on Aug. 9 Assange talked about a murdered DNC staff member when talking about the risks Wikileaks' sources take. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
Jack Phillips
8/10/2016
Updated:
8/11/2016

In a strange twist in the case of a murdered DNC staffer, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange not only offered a $20,000 reward for information about the death, in an interview on Dutch TV, Assange mentioned the murder in the context of discussing the risks Wikileaks sources take.

Seth Rich was shot and killed last month in Washington, D.C. (LinkedIn)
Seth Rich was shot and killed last month in Washington, D.C. (LinkedIn)

A flyer of the Metropolitan Police Department offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the death of Seth Rich.
A flyer of the Metropolitan Police Department offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the death of Seth Rich.
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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