they have about 200,000 twitter followers and they get tens of thousands of viewers. one of the defendants appeared as a guest and said there is money in aaron rich s account and he needs to come out and admit what he did. it is a complete fabrication. you are saying this was premeditated coordinated effort. definitely coordination between them to take this notion or this theory about aaron rich s involvement and to spread it as far and wide as they could and to profit off of it. and they now have a team of investigators roaming around in d.c. using that funding. how is that lawsuit different
they were dragging your client, seth s brother into this. thanks for having me. the introduction that you showed the viewers at the start of this piece was about the prelude of the suit which is the story that existed about the seth rich conspiracy. after that, these defendants that are named in the lawsuit today decided to make seth s brother the target of the conspiracy theory and also somebody who took money from wikileaks into his personal bank account and the allegations grew more grotesque from there. they made up a meeting that reportedly occurred at the dnc where aaron through a chair at donna brazil and all of this is made up. it began on a peri scope.
news.com. reporter: seth rich s family released a statement. the amount of pain and ang witch this has caused us is unbe unbearable. shaun hannity later declared. out of respect for the family s wishes for now, i am not discussing this matter at this time. reporter: but in case hannity s fan thought he never would mention this again, he threw them a bone. . the lawsuit filed by seth rich s brother, aaron is against the washington times. the deft named in today s lawsuit, can you explain how
than the lawsuit that the parents filed? the parents filed a lawsuit that relates to the allegations of the prelude of fox news. and the, i mean for the parents not only to lose a son but to have their other son be accused of this. devastating for aaron who is patriotic american who has worked at the same defense contractor, who has served his country. he has assisted law enforcement in every available effort including providing them with all information he has had and testifying in front of the grand jury. has the rich family received an apology from anyone involved in spreading these lies? the parents have received
rich s brother aaron is against the washington times, an online activist and his media company and texas businessman. joining me is michael gotleib. attorney for aaron rich. thanks for being with us. the defendant named in today s lawsuit, can you explain how they were dragging your client, seth s brother, into this? thanks for having me. the introduction that you showed the viewers at the start of this piece was sort of about the prelude to this suit, the story that existed about the seth rich conspiracy from around january until may. after that, these defendants that are named in the lawsuit today decided to make aaron rich, seth s brother, the target of the conspiracy theory and sort of named him as the technical mastermind behind the leak and also somebody who took money from wikileaks into his personal bank account. that started around the summer of 2017 and the allegations grew more grotesque from there. they started to allege that aaron rich warned seth s girlfriend to break u