# Battle of the Seth Rich Conspiracy Crackpots! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-crackpots/810935 "2018-03-21T01:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-crackpots/810935/1 "2018-03-21T01:50:52Z")
Competition to be the One True Patriot who blows the lid off the “Deep State Coverup” has escalated to [an honest-to-goodness shooting with a vehicular homicide backup plan](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/lobbyist-says-he-was-nearly-killed-by-man-he-hired-to-investigate-seth-richs-death/2018/03/19/a4261e48-2baa-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html): > [@](#): > > As conspiracy theories swirled around the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, lobbyist Jack Burkman took the unusual step of launching his own private investigation. A man with military and security experience stepped up to help. > > Now Burkman alleges that man, Kevin Doherty, nearly killed him… Pulling out enough quotes to adequately summarize the events would strain the boundaries of fair use, so I’ll briefly paraphrase: [ol] [li]Wingnut#1 hires Wingnut#2 to dig up the Straight Dope on the Seth Rich conspiracy.[/li][li]Wingnut#2 starts horning in on Wingnut#1’s turf.[/li][li]Wingnut#1 takes exception to this and fires Wingnut#2.[/li][li]Wingnut#1 gets an Anonymous Hot Tip about evidence that will blow the lid off the Deep State Coverup.[/li][li]Wingnut#1 arrives at the letter-drop point, and is shot in the butt and nearly run over by Wingnut#2.[/li][/ol] It’s like a _MAD Magazine_ “Spy vs Spy” cartoon, only less connected to reality.