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If Seth Rich had had any other job \u2013 or if it had been any other year \u2013 his tragic death would likely have joined the 65 other unsolved murders in his part of Washington DC that year. But Seth worked for the Democratic Party \u2013 and this was the summer of 2016.

And while his family tried to grieve, Seth\u2019s story was co-opted by every side. Through social media echo-chambering and shameless self-promotion, it grew to include accusations of bloodthirsty politicians; allegations of foreign powers destabilising US elections; and a secretive, high-powered paedophile ring that went all the way to the top.

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