Conservative author Jerome Corsi, with his lawyer Larry Klayman, right, speaks in Washington on Jan. 3. He pointed to a now-retracted Washington Times column by a retired Navy admiral on which the article was based. To that end, Dr. Corsi retracts the article and apologizes to the Rich family,” the statement reads. Aaron Rich had also filed a lawsuit against The Washington Times over its publication of the column by retired Adm. James Lyons. Yet far-right websites and conservative news outlets promoted the theory that Rich was killed as punishment for leaking the DNC emails during the 2016 campaign.

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2019 22:52 UTC