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Profiling Project Issues Bombshell Report on Seth Rich Murder Investigation

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The Profiling Project, an independent, nonpartisan group, has released a lengthy report of its probe into the murder of former DNC staffer Seth Rich. The team, made up of forensic experts and George Washington University graduate students, followed the NYPD’s process for investigating murders.

Wealthy GOP attorney Jack Burkman funded the project. He held a press conference this morning with the team announcing the results thus far. They promised more is to come.

The findings are summarized in the report:

1. Seth’s death does not appear to be a random homicide

2. Seth’s death does not appear to be a robbery gone bad

3. Seth death was more likely committed by a hired killer or serial murderer

4. There may be additional video surveillance of the crime and crime scene

5. The resolution of prosecuting the individual(s) responsible appears to be hindered both actively and passively

6. Seth’s killer(s) most likely remains free within the community

Not a Robbery

Since Rich’s death last July, the D.C. police department has stated its belief he was the victim of a botched robbery. However, the report lists several reasons the murder likely was probably the result of a botched robbery.

First, Rich still had his wallet, watch and other valuables.

Second, it stated, “The crime scene was very organized to the point of being sanitized. This would indicate careful planning on the part of the offender, control of the entry to and exit from the crime scene as well as in-depth understanding of law-enforcement investigative processes.”

The report went on, “With such a sanitized crime scene and no emotional indications, this is not Offenders first kill. … That Offender left a sanitized crime scene is indicative of experience.”

Further, the report notes that Rich’s injuries did not seem to be life threatening when officers arrived. He’d been shot in the back. His father said he was unaware he’d been shot. This strongly suggests there was not a confrontation. The report adds that Rich would very likely would not have resisted a robbery.

Supporters of the police’s botched robbery theory often point out that there had been a series of robberies in Rich’s Bloomingdale neighborhood in the days before his murder. However, the report notes, there were seven arrests linked to those armed robberies. Three guns were recovered. None of those guns matched the ballistics in Rich’s murder. None of the suspects has been directly tied to the Rich murder.

The authors conclude, “We do not believe Offender is a robber, nor a robber who killed.”

Not a Typical D.C. Murder

The report stated that the murder was statistically unusual since Rich was white. There were 66 unsolved homicides in D.C. in 2016. Of them, 62 victims were black. Also, a majority of unsolved homicides stem from other criminal activity involving the victim. A drug deal gone bad, for example. There is no evidence to suggest that this is the case here.

This further points away from a run-of-the-mill street crime. However, those hoping the investigation would confirm suspicions about the potential involvement of Rich’s bosses at the DNC, Hillary Clinton or even the Russians were disappointed.

The report briefly dismisses a connection between the murder as retaliation for Rich possibly leaking DNC emails to Wikileaks. Strangely, the report says that evidence needed to establish this would be poison found in Rich’s system, since the killer didn’t ensure his death. There was virtually no other discussion of the topic than this statement.

Questioning the Official Investigation

The report goes into detail about the law enforcement methods used. There is a section on the type of gun that could have been used. But a frequent complaint is that without further information, the probe can’t go much further.

The report hints that D.C. police may be passively impeding their probe. The Profile Project says police were cooperating with their investigation initially, but stopped. They also note that the police have not released any new information on the case since October.

All requests for release of autopsy, ballistics reports, surveillance footage and police body-camera footage have been rejected. D.C. is one of the many jurisdictions that do not routinely release such information during an open investigation.

On May 30, the Profiling Project sued the District of Columbia, demanding police share the information. The suit further alleges the MPD has “mismanaged” the murder investigation. Click here to read the details of the lawsuit.

Response to the Report

The D.C. police issued a statement, saying “we stand by our opinion that it was a botched robbery.” (“Opinion”?)

The family’s spokesman, Brad Bauman, also responded to the report. He said the findings aren’t “new, credible or otherwise lending credence” to theories around Rich’s death. However, this is is contradicted by the report’s rejection of the botched robbery theory that is the official police position.

It is also worth noting that Bauman is a political consultant for the democratic party and progressive causes. Texas businessman Ed Butowsky, who hired an private investigator to look into the case himself, claims Seth Rich’s father Joe told him “The DNC assigned [Bauman] to us.” Bauman denies being paid by the DNC.

Moving Forward

The Profile Project says it had one goal: to provide the Metropolitan Police Department one piece of new evidence that can be used to help solve the crime. That goal has already been met with the discovery of another surveillance camera found near the murder scene that the police apparently did not know about.

As stated, this was an interim report. Founder Jack Burman promises more reports are to come. One area of interest is Seth Rich’s social media activities, which the Profile Project suggests were far more extensive than previously known. Today’s report alone notes that Rich’s Twitter account was deleted and his Facebook and Reddit were edited.

It was hacker Kim DotCom’s claim last month that he had been involved with Rich in getting DNC emails to WikiLeaks that exploded the case back into the public spotlight.

The Profiling Project is not the only entity outside of law enforcement looking into Rich’s murder. Scott Taylor, an investigative news reporter for ABC 7 in Washington, D.C., is conducting his own probe. An army of internet sleuths hope to crowd-source their way to solving the mystery. Also, Bernie Sanders supporters have filed a lawsuit against the DNC over its attempts to manipulate the primary in favor of Hillary Clinton. The suit references Rich.

A report on that lawsuit will be posted in the near future. (For more from the author of “Profiling Project Issues Bombshell Report on Seth Rich Murder Investigation” please click HERE)

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Framing Seth Rich

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From the reaction of the establishment media you would think Sean Hannity and others raising questions about the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich had committed the crime themselves. Such collective, concentrated and contrived outrage always makes me suspicious. Throw in their jackbooted online allies at John Podesta’s Media Matters and I get really suspicious.

The Hypothetical

Let’s pose a hypothetical:

It’s July 2016, in the heat of the campaign. A Republican National Committee staffer is murdered under curious circumstances. A couple weeks later a website — let’s call it “TrikiLeaks” — begins publishing a trove of emails from the RNC that indicate some sort of collusion between the RNC, Donald Trump and Russia.

The owner of TrikiLeaks hints that the dead staffer was involved. Even puts up some of his own cash as a reward for the capture of his killer. The RNC doesn’t let the FBI check its computers to determine the leak source. A TrikiLeaks operative denies the emails were from an outside hack, insisting he met up with an inside source in D.C.

A year later, with the crime still unsolved, a famed hacker with known connections to TrikiLeak, steps up and says, “Yeah, I was working with the RNC staffer. He was ticked at the collusion.” Meanwhile, an anonymous federal investigator tells CNN, “I saw the emails the staffer sent to TrikiLeaks.” A regular contributor to MSNBC says his police sources are telling him pressure from Republican politicians has put a damper on the investigation.

Question: What is the top story on CNN/MSNBC tonight and for the next month? What are the headlines from The New York Times and Washington Post?

The Twists and Insults

You know the answer: The late RNC staffer would be hailed as the greatest martyr since Joan of Arc. The RNC would be called the greatest crime syndicate since the Costra Nostra. As for President Trump? Well, he’s already compared to Hitler and they’re screaming for his impeachment. So I guess they’d be left to just scream “Murderer!”

Meanwhile, anyone who suggests the RNC staffer may have simply been the random victim of street thugs will be throttled and battered in a raging Twitter storm.

However, in this case we see something quite different. On Friday, The New York Times published “The Demented Detectives on Seth Rich’s Case.” CNN calls the possibility of Seth Rich’s involvement in the WikiLeaks exposure of DNC emails a “myth.” The Los Angeles Times calls it “nothing but noise.” The Washington Post calls it “absurd.” Vox calls it “bonkers.”

(Funny how the same folks that are calling those raising questions “bonkers” and “demented,” are the same people who insist Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton secretly met on a plane during the Hillary email investigation to discuss grandchildren.)

Seth Rich may or may not have been the source for the DNC WikiLeaks. His efforts may or may not have led to his death. Do your own searching.

However …

However, the murder is unsolved. Six-figure rewards have dangled unclaimed over the mean streets of Washington. The botched robbery theory is just that … a theory. And it is a simple fact, as revealed by the emails obtained by WikiLeaks, that the DNC conspired against Bernie Sanders on behalf of Hillary Clinton. Plainly put, Sanders got robbed.

My point: It is hardly “bonkers” to propose that a young, gifted and gung-ho Bernie Sanders supporter became disillusioned over how Sanders was robbed by the DNC and wanted to do something about it. (This is even before getting to the statements of Julian Assange and Kim DotCom.)

I see the photos of Rich dressed in clothes decorated with American flags, and I can’t help but picture Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. An earnest Midwesterner who believed the stories about government, only to discover the system and even his own hero were corrupt and eager to crush him. For any Sanders supporter — or even those who believe in a level playing field — what was going on within the DNC must have been devastating.

The Right-Wing Conservative Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy

Which gets to another of last week’s media deceptions, what I call “snake news.” How often did you hear the phrase “right-wing conspiracy theory” or “conservative conspiracy theory” in regards to the Seth Rich story? The full title of the LA Times article is “Sorry, Trump Supporters, Unlike Trump’s Russian Adventures, the Seth Rich Story is Nothing But Noise.”

While Sean Hannity may be the loudest high-profile voice raising questions, lots of digging in the case is being done by Sanders supporters, as The Stream‘s Rachel Alexander points out. This includes popular internet sleuth George Webb, who on Tuesday laid out who he thinks murdered Rich.

Rachel also introduced us to the Pandas4Bernie. Here’s what they posted on their Reddit account after the nickname “Panda” was linked to Rich:

We may not be Seth Rich, but we can do justice to his life by extending the effects of his work, by honoring the courage of whistleblowers who put their lives on the line to expose the truths that animate our demands for justice, and ultimately to break the power of corrupt, undemocratic elites once and for all over our lives and institutions.

Panda is the name Kim DotCom says Rich used when contacting him. The notorious hacker claims he worked with Rich to get the DNC material to WikiLeaks. Nobody’s expecting to see Kim DotCom at CPAC.

Onward

So while any right-minded conservative would want the murder of Rich solved, it is disingenuous and downright deceitful for the media to make the search for the truth simply a rabid right-wing mission. And when news outlets are being deliberately deceitful you have to wonder why. Especially when they also start throwing around words like “absurd,” “bonkers” and “demented.”

When you lie to me and call me names you are telling me you have something to hide or something to fear.

That alone is reason for citizen journalists and interested reporters to carry forward. The truth is still out there to be had, wherever the chips fall. Murderers are still out there. If sincere inquiry can be silenced with boycotts and abuse, then the First Amendment itself is shot in the back and left for dead.

Let facts be uncovered, for truth’s sake; not for scoring partisan points. Arrogance and anger have no place. Mockery does not align with justice.

The political community of the Nation’s Capital lost one of their own. A bright light was snuffed out in D.C.’s Bloomingdale neighborhood. And here we must follow the words of Paul: Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. (For more from the author of “Framing Seth Rich” please click HERE)

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