Kim Dotcom today released his statement on

Seth Rich, as he had earlier promised.

I communicated with Panda

Panda was Seth Rich.

my full statement should be provided to the authorities

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As he promised a few days ago, Kim Dotcom has released a statement on Seth Rich, elaborating on his claim that Seth was the leaker of the DNC emails to Wikileaks. This is Kim's full statement:- - - - - - - - - -Perhaps the most significant points from the statement are:* "on a number of topics including corruption and the influence of corporate money in politics."* "I now know that* "I accept thatand I am prepared to do that so that there can be a full investigation."The statement raises the question, "If Kim Dotcom knew that Seth Rich was the DNC leaker, then why did he not make a public statement on this sooner?"More on this may become known in due course, but one obvious point to consider is that, given how Hillary Clinton evaded justice over her private server, and given how Hillary's escape was representative of the general culture under Obama's administration, you can understand how anyone with information on Seth Rich would therefore have an understandable lack of confidence in the prior administration to properly investigate any information or evidence. With Donald Trump's election victory, and more recently the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, Kim may only now have felt confident enough that any information he provides will be investigated properly, rather than covered up.Also, given that Seth Rich was murdered, and given the long list of people connected to the Clintons who have died in plane crashes, suicides and other mysterious circumstances 1 , it's reasonable to assume that Kim Dotcom may have had concerns for his safety, whether justified or not.As a reminder, earlier this week, Julian Assange tweeted 2