Maybe the guy didn't exist at all and was just an AI generated "person". Perhaps the Deep State already had that type of tech back then. It's not so hard to imagine now. Even the media started screaming about Deep Faked Videos just after Q started mentioning the HRC 5:5.
Anyway, just thought I would throw that out there.
He might have been killed after CNN interviewed him? Just before 9/11? Just a thought.