A close-up of the Fox News Channel website with a picture of President Donald Trump displayed on a smartphone.In settling a lawsuit with the parents of Seth Rich, the DNC staffer murdered in 2016, Fox News stipulated the settlement remain private until after the 2020 election,The multi-million dollar settlement was announced at the end of November, more than a month after it was reached on October 12, according to the report.
Seth Rich was shot and killed in July 2016 in Washington, DC, and his death prompted numerous, baseless conspiracy right-wing conspiracy theories related to Wikileaks publishing of internal DNC emails.
On Monday, a Fox News spokesperson declined to answer any of Insider's questions regarding The New York Times' reporting. The cable news network and its lawyer similarly declined to comment to The New York Times for its report.