https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/the-man-behind-the-seth-rich-private-investigation-has-a?utm_term=.ilqdK7XM5#.ldZ0xeBLK
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The Rich family is "in shock" that Ed Butowsky is linked to Steve Bannon and the Mercer family.
Ed Butowsky, the Dallas wealth manager and frequent Fox News guest who facilitated a private investigation into the murder of Seth Rich, is friends with and claimed on his website to serve on the board of an organization started by White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon.
"I consider him a friend and a very nice man," Butowsky told BuzzFeed News of Bannon.
According to his website, Butowsky "serves as a Board Member for Reclaim New York, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to advancing a grassroots conversation about the future of New York." Per tax filings, Bannon was Reclaim's vice chairman. (The group's secretary and treasurer are Jennifer and Rebekah Mercer, the powerful daughters of right-wing moneyman and Trump champion Robert Mercer.)
A spokesperson for Reclaim told BuzzFeed that Butowsky "has never had any formal involvement with the organization." Furthermore, per the spokesperson, Steve Bannon left the organization's board in August 2016.
Butowsky and Bannon know each other through Breitbart News, of which Bannon was executive chairman and to which Butowsky has contributed articles. In 2015, Bannon interviewed Butowsky for a Breitbart radio program.
Both Butowsky and a White House official deny speaking about Seth Rich.
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