Let’s talk about the man who buries the truth for a living — not in some dark alley, but in broad daylight behind a badge, a clearance, and a stack of sealed affidavits.
Michael G. Seidel, Section Chief of RIDS (Records Management Division, FBI), is not a bureaucrat. He is the regime’s professional liar, the FBI’s high priest of concealment, and the living proof that corruption doesn’t hide — it gets promoted.
He doesn’t serve the law. He smothers it. One FOIA denial, one redacted page, one perjured affidavit at a time.
I. The Architect of Institutional Obfuscation
Michael G. Seidel is not an anomaly. He is the rot at the core of the DOJ and FBI — a man who turned federal authority into a shield for the corrupt and a weapon against the truth. Legalese is his camouflage. Misleading courts is his sport. Burying evidence is his career.
Seth Rich’s case? Seidel didn’t just mishandle it — he buried it under 20,000+ unreleased pages. This isn’t red tape. This is regime protection.
II. The Seth Rich Lie: Perjury in a Suit and Tie
In Ty Clevenger’s FOIA suit, the FBI — through Seidel — claimed they had “no records” on Seth Rich. No laptop. No emails. Nothing. Reality? They were sitting on a motherlode.
When exposed, Seidel didn’t admit to the lie. He pivoted. Suddenly, Rich’s laptop wasn’t a “record.” It was “just evidence” — somehow exempt from FOIA.
This wasn’t a legal interpretation. This was coordinated federal gaslighting.
III. The Redaction Game: How the Truth Dies in Black Ink
Even when forced to release documents, Seidel didn’t comply — he slow-walked, stonewalled, and blacked out critical information. Judges raised their eyebrows. Still, no sanctions. No accountability.
This is not incompetence. It’s policy. A deliberate playbook to protect the Bureau at the cost of justice.
IV. Weaponized Paperwork: FOIA as a Blunt Instrument
Every affidavit Seidel signs is a bureaucratic smoke grenade — engineered not to inform but to obscure. FOIA, under his watch, is no longer a transparency tool. It’s a regime-controlled narrative management system.
His filings aren’t honest attempts to comply with the law. They’re sabotage operations, paper bullets fired at the truth.
Hellbound and Down 