Dead DNC staffer 'had contact' with WikiLeaks

'We were told to stand down on this case and I can't share any information with you'

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National Committee staffer Seth Rich, who was murdered nearly one year ago, was communicating with WikiLeaks before his death, according to the family’s private investigator.  Investigator Rod Wheeler, a former D.C. police homicide detective who was hired by the Rich family, told Fox 5 in Washington, D.C., Rich’s laptop had evidence indicating he had been in contact with the organization.

“Now, questions have been raised on why D.C. police, the lead agency on this murder investigation for the past ten months, have insisted this was a robbery gone bad when there appears to be no evidence to suggest that,” the news station reported Monday.

Wheeler said he believes there’s a big cover-up that involves the FBI and the police department.

“The police department nor the FBI have been forthcoming,” said Wheeler said. “They haven’t been cooperating at all. I believe that the answer to solving his death lies on that computer, which I believe is either at the police department or either at the FBI. I have been told both.”

Fox 5 asked Wheeler is sources have connected Rich to WikiLeaks, and he replied: “Absolutely. Yeah. That’s confirmed...........Read more