(CNN) The FBI on Friday released some of its files on the late former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes as well as those relating to the investigation of the 2015 death of a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of the FOX News Channel, poses for a portrait May 1, 2001 in a control room of the station in New York City. Ailes, a former media consultant and campaign manager for George Bush''s 1988 election bid, has worked for FOX since 1996. According to Gabriel Sherman in his biography of Ailes, titled "The Loudest Voice in the Room," Ailes had been concerned about his safety at the time. The reports also reveal that on April 3, 1981, just four days after the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, Ailes was interviewed by FBI agents.

Source: CNN January 28, 2018 18:33 UTC