Gingrich spreads conspiracy theory about slain DNC staffer

[applegrove]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/05/21/gingrich-spreads-conspiracy-theory-about-slain-dnc-staffer/?utm_term=.d8eb409c6509

By David Weigel at the Washington Post

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Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a stalwart supporter of President Trump, used a Sunday-morning appearance on “Fox and Friends” to spread the conspiracy theory that former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was killed last year to cover up the true story of how WikiLeaks obtained tens of thousands of hacked Democratic Party emails.

“We have this very strange story now of this young man who worked for the Democratic National Committee, who apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments,” Gingrich said.

“Nobody’s investigating that, and what does that tell you about what’s going on? Because it turns out, it wasn’t the Russians. It was this young guy who, I suspect, was disgusted by the corruption of the Democratic National Committee. He’s been killed, and apparently nothing serious has been done to investigative his murder. So I’d like to see how [Robert S.] Mueller [III] is going to define what his assignment is.”


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With no pushback from the Fox hosts, Gingrich shared innuendos that got new life last week after Rod Wheeler, an occasional contributor to Fox News whom a conservative donor had paid to probe Rich’s death, told local Fox affiliate WTTG 5 that he had new evidence. On Monday, Wheeler claimed to have sources at either the FBI or the D.C. police department who apparently knew that evidence existed of Rich — who was fatally shot in July — contacting WikiLeaks but that an unnamed person had told investigators to “stand down.”


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[crazycatlady]

1. I hope the family goes after him.

[nycbos]

2. This is not just a right wing conspiracy.

Many Betine Bots believe it.


And before Election Day many peo here would have believed it.

[emulatorloo]

5. Yeah, Weigel covers that in another article:

The Seth Rich conspiracy shows how fake news still works
By David Weigel May 20 at 7:14 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/20/the-seth-rich-conspiracy-shows-how-fake-news-still-works/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8e895ffa3555

I'm terrible at excerpting articles but I'll go grab a few paragraphs.

Oh I give up w the excerpt. Quick Summary:

One of his section headings is "The most effective conspiracy theories target both the left and alt-right."

He describes why the CT was appealing to anti-Clinton leftists.

He goes on to talk about how Jimmy Dore of the TYT promoted this conspiracy before Wheeler recanted.

[sarah FAILIN]

3. one on my friends list is going on about this among other things

No I can't unfriend him because he is my bush hogg er and I need him. I want to though. He is also a vet and all his vet buddies are getting on with him egging each other on. I want to say something, but it would be pointless.

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. Wheeler recanted his claims

This story has been debunked a hundred times. Simply Google it to see how ridiculous this story is and how easily it was debunked.

[guillaumeb]

6. Is Seth Rich connected to Pizzagate?

Gingrich was born with no sense of shame. Will he next connect Rich with Vince Foster?

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Newt Gingrich stunk up his own congressional term and now he wants to stink up

the current one. Not that they need any help with that.