White House hires ex-Fox News executive accused of cover-ups

Bill Shine, who allegedly sought to suppress reports against Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly, is new deputy communications chief

Former Fox News co-president Bill Shine has been appointed as the White House’s deputy chief of staff for communications and assistant to the president, it was announced Thursday.

Shine’s hiring comes more than a year after he resigned from Fox News in the wake of the sexual assault allegations against Roger Ailes, the network’s late former chairman.

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