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![The FBI interviewed Roger Ailes in connection to the Reagan shooting](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/02/15/RAcov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The FBI interviewed Roger Ailes in connection to the Reagan shooting
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has made an initial release of its files on television executive Roger Ailes. Consisting largely of glowing background checks for a potential Presidential appointment under Richard Nixon, two interesting details have emerged from the file - the first is a 1974 arrest for felony firearms possession and the second is a brief interview documenting the minor role Ailes played in the FBI’s investigation into John Hinckley, Jr. following the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.
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Truman Capote’s publisher tried to get the FBI to vouch for writer’s “In Cold Blood” investigation
FBI files on publisher Bennett Cerf show the Random House co-founder trying to use his leverage with the Bureau to get them to vouch for author Truman Capote’s investigation into the 1959 Clutter murders, which would eventually become the seminal true crime novel In Cold Blood.