MSNBC’s Chris Hayes highlighted a targeted smear campaign launched by right-wing media and Donald Trump adviser and confidante Roger Stone against the family of Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004 when protecting his fellow soldiers from a suicide bombing.

Hayes pointed out the “smear campaign of baseless and vicious innuendo against the Khan family” perpetrated by Trump allies and advisers, going so far as calling him a Muslim Brotherhood agent with ties to the Saudi Arabian government attempting to implement Sharia law in the US. From the August 1 edition of MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes:

CHRIS HAYES (HOST): Amid mounting backlash over Trump's comments, his campaign went into damage control mode releasing a statement calling Captain Khan, quote, “A hero to our country” and saying “We should honor all who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country safe.” Went on to say, quote, “While I feel deeply for the loss of his son Mr. Khan who has never met me has no right to stand in front of millions of people and claim I have never read the Constitution. Which is false.” Trump continued to harangue the Khans on Twitter yesterday. “I was viciously attacked by Mr. Khan at the Democratic convention. Am I not allowed to respond? Hillary voted for the Iraq war. Not me.” And again this morning “This story isn't about Mr. Khan who is all over the place doing interviews, but rather radical Islamic terrorism and the U.S. Get smart!” Exclamation point. In the meantime, some of Trump’s allies have begun a smear campaign of baseless and vicious innuendo against the Khan family. Based on zero evidence, Breitbart now claims Khizr Khan has connections to the Saudi Arabian government, the Clinton Foundation, and terrorism, while Roger Stone, a long time Trump advisor and confidante who is unaffiliated with the campaign formally, tweeted that Khan is, quote, “a Muslim Brotherhood agent helping Hillary,” linking to conspiracy theories about Sharia law infiltrating the U.S.