“Indeed, on a day when my client has been receiving death threats in the wake of Roger Ailes’s son’s eulogy, your lack of perspective is all the more appalling.”

Fox’s Sean Hannity meanwhile has faced a different sort of pressure: losing an advertiser on Wednesday after using his platform to advance conspiracy theories about the death of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. Ed Butowsky, the Dallas wealth manager and frequent Fox News guest who facilitated a private investigation into the murder of Seth Rich, is friends with and claimed on his website to serve on the board of an organization started by White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. It’s a direct rebuke of Hannity’s story:

We will continue to investigate this story and will provide updates as warranted.” Fox News ratings have been plummeting. The conspiracy theory had cooled until recently when a local Fox broadcast affiliate posted a story quoting a private investigator (who is also a Fox News contributor) as saying he was aware of evidence that Rich had been a source for WikiLeaks — a key part of the previous conspiracy theory.
Fox News retracts their claims regarding the murder.