Investigative Reporter Testifies Source Told Him Murdered DNC Staffer Seth Rich Leaked To Wikileaks

revgen · Dec 31, 2020

New Yorker Magazine investigative reporter Sy Hersh testified under oath in a lawsuit filed by Seth's brother Aaron against Ed Butowsky. Butowsky is the Fox News reporter who wrote a 2017 article claiming Seth Rich was murdered for leaking to Wikileaks, which was later retracted.

The testimony was finally released yesterday even though it was completed in July of this year.

Q...Was the information that Seth Rich had made contact with WikiLeaks and that that contact was in Seth Rich's computer, was that information relayed to you by your source?

A. Yes.
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Q. So here, what your source told you was that he had been -- he or she, source had been informed that Seth Rich had submitted a series of documents, emails, from the DNC WikiLeaks. Is that -- is that correct?

A. Yes.
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Q. Here, you say "I know he offered a sample." Who is the "he" in that sentence?

A. Mr. Rich.
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Q. And when you say "Mr. Rich," that's Mr. Seth Rich?

A. Yeah.
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Q. And when you say you know this, this is information that was relayed to you by your trusted source; is that correct?

A. Yes.
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Q. Now, the use of a drop box by Seth Rich to transfer documents to WikiLeaks, was that communicated to you by your source?

A. Yes.
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Q. Now, when I say "your source," I'm referring to the first source that you mentioned at the beginning of this, when we began discussing the audio. And just for clarity, this -- this source is a person that you've known, I think you've said some 35 years; is that correct?

A. More maybe 31, 30, something like that.
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Q. But is this a person that you trust?

A. Trust but verify.
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Q. Is this person very senior, or -- or has this person been very senior in the United States government?

A. He is very, very knowledgeable.
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Q. Was he very senior, would you say, in the US government?

A. He was certainly senior in certain areas of intelligence collection, yes.
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Q. And in the information that was communicated to you here, the information was specifically that Seth Rich had shared this drop box with friends of his.

A. That's what I was told.
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https://lawflog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020.12.30-Exhibit-8-Hersh-depositionstamped.pdf
https://archive.is/bR3pU

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