Wikileaks’s Julian Assange Adds to Conspiracy Theories Over Murder of DNC Staffer

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange suggests on Dutch TV that murder of DNC staffer somehow connected to sources who leak information.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been staying since 2012, on Feb. 5, 2016. In an interview on Aug. 9 Assange talked about a murdered DNC staff member when talking about the risks Wikileaks' sources take. Carl Court/Getty Images

In a strange twist in the case of a murdered DNC staffer, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange not only offered a $20,000 reward for information about the death, in an interview on Dutch TV, Assange mentioned the murder in the context of discussing the risks Wikileaks sources take.

Seth Rich was shot and killed last month in Washington, D.C. LinkedIn

A flyer of the Metropolitan Police Department offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the death of Seth Rich.