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    Judge Orders Twitter To Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy

    A federal judge has ordered Twitter to reveal the identity of an anonymous user who allegedly forged an FBI document to spread a conspiracy theory about the killing of DNC staffer Seth Rich in 2016.
    by Bobby Allyn Oct 07, 2020 3 minutes

    Updated 8:50 p.m. ET Wednesday

    A federal judge in California has ordered that Twitter reveal the identity of an anonymous user who allegedly fabricated an FBI document to spread a conspiracy theory about the killing of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer who died in 2016.

    The ruling could lead to the identification of the person behind the Twitter name @whyspertech. Through that account, the user allegedly provided forged FBI materials to Fox News. The documents falsely linked Rich's

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