Megahacker Kim Dotcom: I Know Seth Rich Was Involved in the DNC Leak
The New Zealander who changed his name to Kim Dotcom, the hacktivist behind the Megaupload scandal in 2012 who has become a political force in his home country as founder of the Internet Party, has released a statement regarding his knowledge about the DNC leaks leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
His statement reads:
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 in 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 I 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. My lawyers will speak with the authorities regarding the proper process.
If my evidence is required to be given in the United States I would be prepared to do so if appropriate arrangements are made. I would need a 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 days we will be communicating with the appropriate authorities to make the necessary arrangements. In the meantime, I will make no further comment.
This completely blows the lid off of the “Russian Narrative” that Democrats, the Hillary Clinton campaign and the compliant liberal mainstream media have been espousing since well before the Nov. 8 election last year, and which has been dogging President Donald Trump’s administration since before the inauguration. How much of an overall impact it will have is yet to be determined.
Dotcom, who used to go by the name Kim Schmitz, is at least loosely connected to both the hacktivist group Anonymous and the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, which ultimately published the leaked DNC emails and documents.
Nationally syndicated radio and FOX News Channel host Sean Hannity had invited Dotcom to share what he knew on his radio and cable network programs. Ever since the hacker announced he had information regarding the murder of the former DNC staffer and that he was more than willing to share it with the appropriate authorities, there have been reports of growing unease within the rank and file of the Democratic Party.
Dotcom is still wanted in the U.S. in connection with the Megaupload case in which he and his associates were accused of copyright infringement. He has been officially indicted for racketeering and money laundering—and is eligible for extradition to the U.S.—meaning he could be arrested by law enforcement authorities immediately when he arrives on American soil.
It would seem the hacker is looking for an assurance that won’t happen in exchange for his testimony to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Not having that testimony would leave a large question mark over any determination the former FBI director makes in concluding that investigation. {eoa}
