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The big shoe finally drops:

As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual-harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit, the network’s biggest star, Megyn Kelly, has been conspicuously silent. Kelly’s refusal to join in Ailes’s orchestrated defense has led to speculation about why.

Now we have the answer. According to two sources briefed on parent company 21st Century Fox’s outside probe of the Fox News executive, led by New York–based law firm Paul, Weiss, Kelly has told investigators that Ailes made unwanted sexual advances toward her about ten years ago when she was a young correspondent at Fox. Kelly, according to the sources, has described her harassment by Ailes in detail.

Apparently even at Fox he can’t survive this:

According to two sources, Monday afternoon lawyers for 21st Century Fox gave Ailes a deadline of August 1 to resign or face being fired for cause.

And you thought Alan Colmes was the quintessential Fox News Democrat:

Ailes’s legal team — which now includes Susan Estrich, former campaign manager for Michael Dukakis — has yet to respond to the offer.

And now, the punchline:

Ailes has also received advice on strategy from Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, sources say.

I’m sure their counsel will be the utmost in tact and reason. But still, he could use a bigger team — I’m thinking Bob Packwood and Herman Cain are probably available.

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