Family sends 'cease and desist' letter to Fox contributor
Perry Stein
Washington Post
The family of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich is threatening legal action against a man it says has peddled politicized conspiracy theories about the murder of the 27 year-old, who was shot as he was walking home in the District of Columbia late one night last July ...
D.C. police have repeatedly said they believe Rich's murder was the result of a botched robbery. No arrests have been made in the case.
The Fox reports, which gained traction on social media, said that an FBI forensics examination showed that Rich transferred 44,053 DNC emails and 17,761 attachments to a now-deceased WikiLeaks director.
The family has rejected this story, and demanded a retraction from Fox. Wheeler has since recanted parts of the story, saying he was misquoted and had no direct knowledge of the identity of the federal investigator or the investigator's findings ...
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