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Paid Political Commentator Files Sexual Harassment Suit Against Ailes

By David Folkenflik

Published April 3, 2017 at 10:37 AM CDT

A lawsuit filed on Monday morning by a paid political commentator for the Fox News Channel alleges the network's past chairman, Roger Ailes, made unwanted sexual advances while holding out the possibility of a big promotion.

David Folkenflik

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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Paid Political Commentator Files Sexual Harassment Suit Against Ailes

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