Richard Nixon and Roger Ailes. (AP)One April day in 1981, Roger Ailes, then the executive producer of a late-night talk show on NBC, was approached by a pair of FBI agents. The curious detail is one of many that emerged in files released by the FBI that were kept on Ailes during his many years in the public light. In documents related to that inquiry, the FBI noted that Ailes was arrested by police in 1974 for possession of a “weapon bomb/silencer,” a felony. Bush and Roger Ailes at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2018 13:31 UTC