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Just when you thought the theories about the Democratic staffers death couldnt get worse, now its being used to sell face cream.
LACHLAN MARKAY
07.05.17 1:00 AM ET
Trump campaign email vendors are marketing an anti-aging cream with the help of conspiracy theories surrounding the 2016 murder of a Democratic Party staffer.
The ad hawking the wrinkle-fighting formula is very clearly a scam. Yet it found its way onto an email list managed by consultants who have worked for some of the most prominent politicians in the country, including President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Websites traced to the same GOP vendors, Indiana-based digital consultancy the Prosper Group and an affiliated firm, have promoted the same conspiracy theory: that Seth Rich, a staffer for the Democratic National Committee, was gunned down in Washington, D.C., last year due to his involvement in the hacking of the DNC and the release of thousands of internal emails by the group WikiLeaks.
That narrative has garnered attention on right-wing websites and social mediaand even on cable news, thanks to Fox News host Sean Hannitys investigation into the conspiracy theory. But the Prosper Groups promotion of it is of particular note given the firms prominent client list: It has worked for the campaigns of Republican officials including Trump, Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
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