Via Disobedient Media
The acting spokesperson for the Rich family, Brad Bauman, is connected to Democratic propaganda czar David Brock according online observers. The discovery is the latest in a long line of revelations showing deep Democratic National Committee (DNC) involvement in the Seth Rich case.
Earlier today, independent investigators discovered that Bauman runs a foundation in his name. The Bauman Foundation's Board of Directors includes David Brock, the one time Republican operative who went on to become the founder of multiple DNC-affiliated propaganda outlets including Media Matters, Correct the Record and Shareblue. Brock's ventures have been criticized by Democrats as causing more harm than good due to his heavy reliance upon online harassment and censorship. Disobedient Media has previously reported that Brock and his affiliated organizations have ties to the Chinese government, foreign special interests and organized crime. Brock's ties to foreign interests may mean that he is in violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act, 22 U.S.C. § 614. The Bauman Foundation's Board also includes Deepak Bhargava, who acts as the executive director of the Center for Community Change for George Soros' Open Society Foundation.
Brock's organizations have been active in harassing and attacking journalists looking into the Seth Rich story. Affiliates of Brock have taken to Change.org to attack companies advertising with Fox 5 DC. The boycott campaign is organized by Karl Frisch, a former senior fellow at propaganda group Media Matters for America who spent his time at the organization helping develop “long-term strategy to target Fox News as a political actor.” Media Matters has also targeted Fox News anchor Sean Hannity for discussing the case.
David Brock's personal involvement with Brad Bauman only serves to intensify speculation about political interference in attempts to uncover answers concerning the death of Seth Rich. Disobedient Media has previously noted an August 2016 tweet from Wikileaks which revealed that Bauman is a crisis public relations consultant working with the Pastorum Group. A media release from the Pastorum Group reveals that Bauman previously worked for the DNC and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The SEIU is the client of a group founded by Democratic operative Robert Creamer. In 2016, Creamer was implicated in footage obtained by journalist James O’Keefe which revealed that Creamer was engaging in voting fraud and violent disruption of political events, sometimes using his connections to unions who were as clients of his. Legal representatives sending cease and desist letters on behalf of the Rich family also have ties to the law firm at the center of the Whitewater controversy.
Brad Bauman has in the past week insisted that anyone who continued to push the story either had a “transparent political agenda,” or were a sociopath. But given the intense attacks which organizations tied to David Brock have engaged in against any journalists discussing the Rich case, Brock's connections to Bauman intensifies questions about whether or not the DNC has become involved in the Seth Rich case out ulterior motives.