Fox News' story, which took flight online and ran in segments across major shows, breathed fresh life into the rumors. Fox reported that the leaks came from inside the party, and not from hackers linked to Russia - despite the conclusions of the nation's most senior intelligence officials. The network suggested Democrats might have been connected to Rich's death and that a cover-up had thwarted the official investigation The network cited an unnamed FBI official. And the report relied heavily on Rod Wheeler, a former police detective, hired months earlier on behalf of the Riches by Ed Butowsky These developments took place during growing public concerns over a federal investigation into the Trump camp's possible collusion with the Russian government during the campaign. The allegations have since touched on the presidents son and son-in-law, his former campaign manager, his attorney general and his first national security adviser, who resigned as a result. The question of Rich's death took on greater urgency for Butowsky after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in early May. Comey had been overseeing the Russia investigation. The story ran just a week later.

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EB ED Sun, May 14, 9:10 PM Not to add any more pressure but the president just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. It's now all up to you. But don't feel the pressure

because much, much of the information did not come from me." In response, Zimmerman admitted: "Umm, well not not notNot the part ahout the emails.Not the part about I mean about the connection to WikiLeaks, but the rest of the quotes in the story did. A lot of the 23 Case 1:17-cv-05807 Document 1 Filed 08/01/17 Page 24 of 33 quotes in the story did." Later in the same conversation, Butowsky also conceded that the quotes were not made by Mr. Wheeler: "Olne day you're going to win an award forhaving said those things you didn't say" Indeed, in another conversation, Mr. Butowsky read, from the article, to

On April 20, a month before the story ran, Butowsky and Wheeler - the investor and the investigator - met at the White House with then Press Secretary Sean Spicer to brief him on what they were uncovering. The first page of the lawsuit quotes a voicemail and text from Butowsky boasting that President Trump himself had reviewed drafts of the Fox News story just before it went to air and was published. Spicer now tells NPR that he took the meeting as a favor to Butowsky, a reliable Republican voice. Spicer says he was unaware of any contact involving the president. Butowsky now tells NPR he was kidding about Trump's involvement. "Rod Wheeler unfortunately was used as a pawn by Ed Butowsky, Fox News and the Trump administration to try and steer away the attention that was being given about the Russian hacking of the DNC e-mails," said Douglas Wigdor, Wheeler's lawver.

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The story is up or will be up very early tomorrow morning. Rod Wheeler is up and ready to give interviews. There's more to come on the story but for now this is a massive story there's [sic] going to be talked about for a long time. If you have any questions about the story or more information needed, call me at 972-XxX XXXX. I'm actually the one who's been putting this together but as you know I keep my name out of things because I have no credibility. One of the big conclusions we need to draw from this s a

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because much, much of the information did not come from me." In response, Zimmerman admitted: "Umm, well not not notNot the part ahout the emails.Not the part about I mean about the connection to WikiLeaks, but the rest of the quotes in the story did. A lot of the 23 Case 1:17-cv-05807 Document 1 Filed 08/01/17 Page 24 of 33 quotes in the story did." Later in the same conversation, Butowsky also conceded that the quotes were not made by Mr. Wheeler: "Olne day you're going to win an award forhaving said those things you didn't say" Indeed, in another conversation, Mr. Butowsky read, from the article, to

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10. Butowsky and Zimmerman were not in this alone. Rather, in the weeks and months leading up to the publication of Zimmerman's May 16, 2017 article, Butowsky kept in regular contact with Trump Administration officials including Mr. Spicer, Mr. Bannon and Case 1:17-cv-05807 Document 1 Filed 08/01/17 Page 4 of 33 Director of Public Affairs at the Department of Justice, Sarah Flores regarding his efforts relating to Seth Rich. As noted above, Butowsky informed Mr. Wheeler two days before Zimmerman's article came out that President Trump had read it and wanted it published "immediately." 12. Prior to that, Butowsky and Mr. Wheeler met with Mr. Spicer and provided him with a copy of Mr. Wheeler's investigative notes Mr. Spicer asked to be kept abreast of developments and, upon information and belief, Butowsky did keep Mr. Spicer abreast of developments

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3. To lend support to this shift the blame theory, Zimmerman, with the knowledge and support of Butowsky, fabricated two quotations and attributed them to Mr. Wheeler: “My investigation up to this point shows there was some degree of email exchange between Seth Rich and Wikileaks,' said Wheeler." My investigation Democratic National Committee or Clinton team is blocking the murder investigation from going forward,' Wheeler said. That is unfortunate. Seth Rich's murder is unsolved as a result of that. the DC gove 4. Mr. Wheeler - who was the only named source quoted in the article -did not make these statements. According to Butowsky, the statements were falsely attributed to Mr. Wheeler because that is the way the President wanted the article. Zimmerman, Butowsky and Fox had created fake news to advance President Trump's agenda. Mr. Wheeler was

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Fox News producer saying Trump read the Seth Rich story he created with Spicer and wants it out

EB ED Sun, May 14, 9:10 PM Not to add any more pressure but the president just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. It's now all up to you. But don't feel the pressure

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Sean Spicer and Fox News producer admit to meeting where Seth Rich story was concocted

On April 20, a month before the story ran, Butowsky and Wheeler - the investor and the investigator - met at the White House with then Press Secretary Sean Spicer to brief him on what they were uncovering. The first page of the lawsuit quotes a voicemail and text from Butowsky boasting that President Trump himself had reviewed drafts of the Fox News story just before it went to air and was published. Spicer now tells NPR that he took the meeting as a favor to Butowsky, a reliable Republican voice. Spicer says he was unaware of any contact involving the president. Butowsky now tells NPR he was kidding about Trump's involvement. "Rod Wheeler unfortunately was used as a pawn by Ed Butowsky, Fox News and the Trump administration to try and steer away the attention that was being given about the Russian hacking of the DNC e-mails," said Douglas Wigdor, Wheeler's lawver.

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Rod Wheeler sues Fox News for falsifying Seth Rich claims

The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the murder of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday The explosive claim is part of the lawsuit filed against Fox News by Rod Wheeler,a longtime paid commentator for the news network. The suit was obtained exclusively by NPR. Wheeler alleges Fox News and the Trump supporter intended to deflect public attention from growing concern about the administration's ties to the Russian government. His suit charges that a Fox News reporter created quotations out of thin air and attributed them to him to propel her story. Fox's president of news, Jay Wallace, told NPR Monday there was no "concrete evidence' that Wheeler was misquoted by the reporter, Malia Zimmerman. The news exeutive did not address a question about the story's allegedly partisan origins. Fox News declined to allow Zimmerman to comment for this story. The story, which first aired in May, was retracted by Fox News a week later. Fox News has, to date, taken no action in response to what it said was a failure to adhere to the network's standards.

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"Mediamatters is trying to silence me, get me fired, pressure my advertising on radio & TV. Liberal Fascism. I need your help!!"

Sean Hannity @seanhannity IMPORTANT! Mediamatters is trying to silence me, get me fired, pressure my advertising on radio & TV. Liberal Fascism. I need your help!!

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Kim Dotcom's Statement

SETHRICH WASA HERO I KNOW THAT SETH RICH WAS INVOLVED IN THE DNC LEAK I know this because in late 2014 a person contacted me about helping me to start a branch of the Internet Party in the United States. He called himself Panda. I now know that Panda was Seth Rich. Panda advised me that he was working on voter analytics tools and other technologies that the Internet Party may find helpful I communicated with Panda on a number of topics including corruption and the influence of corporate money i n politics. He wanted to change that from the inside. I was referring to what I knew when I did an interview with Bloomberg in New Zealand in May 2015. In that interview I hinted that Julian Assange and Wikileaks would release information about Hillary Clinton in the upcoming election. The Rich family has reached out to me to ask that l be sensitive to their loss in my public comments. That request is entirely reasonable I have consulted with my lawyers. I accept that my full statement should be provided to the authorities and I am prepared to do that so that there can be a full investigation proper process. tion. My lawyers will speak with the authorities regarding the If my evidence is required to be given in the United States I would be prepa guarantee from Special Counsel Mueller, on behalf of the United States, of safe passage from New Zealand to the United States and back. In the coming red to do so if appropriate arrangements are made. I would need a s we will be communicating wit appropriate authorities to make the necessary arrangements. In the meantime, I will make no further comment. day h the STATEMENT FROM KIM DOTCOM

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"I knew Seth Rich. I know he was the @Wikileaks source. I was involved." - Kim Dotcom

Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom I knew Seth Rich. I know he was the @Wikileaks source. I was involved. Sean Hannity@seanhannity You are the evidence? Can you explain that in more detail? twitter.com/kimdotcom/stat.·.

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Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom If Congress includes #Seth Rich case into their Russia probe l'll give written testimony with evidence that Seth Rich was @Wikileaks source

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We never reveal our sources, however a 400 pound hacker from Germany might reveal them for us.

Ju!Illicalii As swillingie, @JulianAssange archive.is/xpr5b |뇨Follow Foltow WikiLeaks has never disclosed a source Sources sometimes talk to other parties but identities never emerge from WikiLeaks #SethRich RETWEETS LIKES 9,04816,364 11:08 PM-21 May 2017 TweetSave

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Fox News' story, which took flight online and ran in segments across major shows, breathed fresh life into the rumors. Fox reported that the leaks came from inside the party, and not from hackers linked to Russia - despite the conclusions of the nation's most senior intelligence officials. The network suggested Democrats might have been connected to Rich's death and that a cover-up had thwarted the official investigation The network cited an unnamed FBI official. And the report relied heavily on Rod Wheeler, a former police detective, hired months earlier on behalf of the Riches by Ed Butowsky These developments took place during growing public concerns over a federal investigation into the Trump camp's possible collusion with the Russian government during the campaign. The allegations have since touched on the presidents son and son-in-law, his former campaign manager, his attorney general and his first national security adviser, who resigned as a result. The question of Rich's death took on greater urgency for Butowsky after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in early May. Comey had been overseeing the Russia investigation. The story ran just a week later.

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