Washington Week with The Atlantic

Roger Ailes' legacy, Anthony Weiner pleads guilty

Clip: 05/20/2017 | 15m 20s  | Video has closed captioning.

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Fox News founder Roger Ailes died this week at age 77. Ailes was fired from Fox last year after allegations of sexual misconduct. Former Congressman Anthony Weiner pleaded guilty to sending sexually explicit pictures to an underage girl. Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after a similar scandal. Plus, bodyguards of Turkish President Erdogan were caught on camera assaulting protesters outside T

Aired: 05/20/17

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