Conspiracy? Murdered DNC Staffer’s Family Denies Reporting on Link To WikiLeaks 

A spokesperson for the family of Seth Rich strongly denied reports earlier on Tuesday that the murdered DNC staffer had contact with Wikileaks.

Seth Rich family spokesperson: “no evidence,” “no emails” suggesting Wikileaks links. Comes day after story claiming family PI found links pic.twitter.com/vmp2oQpcG2

— Alex Campbell (@alexcampbell) May 16, 2017

The “private investigator” singled out by the spokesperson is Rod Wheeler, a former D.C. police homicide detective featured in the Tuesday Fox and Friends segment revealing new details about Rich’s purported communications with the controversial website. The statement also claimed that a third party paid for Wheeler’s investigation.

Earlier in 2017, D.C. Fox affiliate WTTG ran a report on the investigation into the DNC staffer’s death that spotlighted earlier conspiracy theories surrounding his death.

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