** This 302 appears twice because the summary of the interview was entered 5/10 in the case for which the investigation was being conducted, and then on 8/15, it was imported into a separate case due to its relevance in that secondary matter. Though they summarize the same interview, there are subtle differences between the two 302’s. It appears twice here because it was entered by agents twice on different dates. * This 302 of an interview with a Seth Rich colleague whose unknown identity is almost entirely redacted. The witness usually has no chance to correct errors or fabrications, though there is legal precedent that a characterization therein requires corroboration to be considered fact.Ī 302 report is supposed to be filed by the agent within five days after the interview being summarized, but in the release, we see many 302 filings that are dated much later: Page 302’s have historically been used to manufacture fabricated evidence in politically sensitive cases, including General Michael Flynn’s case. Similar to a police incident report, the process is prone to both unintentional inaccuracies and intentional misrepresentation. The 302 is a combination of an agent’s recollection of what was said and incorporating any notes taken. Some of these are identical, or nearly identical, to documents previously available in the public domain, while some reveal information that we had not yet seen.Īmong the documents are numerous FBI ‘302’ forms used to summarize interviews conducted during the course of an active investigation. Pages 86-142 are the newly released documents the FBI found to be related to Seth Rich. The 142 pages are hosted within two PDFs that we’ve combined here (page numbers throughout this article correspond with that upload). Here we examine these documents in detail. The release followed attorney Ty Clevenger’s lawsuit after his client’s FOIA request had been denied. We reported in July on documents hosted at the FBI records vault related to murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich.
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