I thought that was awful, but another poster, I forget who, said his family may have been threatened, FWIW.
That Seth Richards parents were threatened is plausible, and Ed’s interview, if it exists, with them bears out their knowledge that their son was the “hacker”, but they did not want to be responsible for Trump benefiting from that truth coming out.
Ed B. is Coming out now, seems to be related to something recent about Michael Ishikof, according to Gateway Pundit, but he doesn’t explain it or link to anything recent.
(Prolly Justice Department is hot on Ed’s trail, so he steps up and outs Rattner and the email exchanges for his cover..). Horrible reporting by Hoft.