Bill Shine, Trump’s Top Communicator, Was Questioned by Federal Prosecutors

The following article by Elizabeth Williamson and Emily Steel was posted on the New York Times website July 20, 2018:

Bill Shine, White House deputy chief of staff for communications, arriving in London. He steered clear of any public role in mitigating the turmoil from the president’s trip through Europe. Credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News hired this month as President Trump’s communications chief, brought conservative credentials and heavy baggage with him into the White House. President Trump embraced the former and ignored the latter.

Mr. Shine, now struggling to limit the damage from Mr. Trump’s performance on Monday with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, was ousted from Fox News last year in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal at the network.

Mr. Shine was never publicly accused of harassment, but he was accused in multiple civil lawsuits of covering up misconduct by Roger E. Ailes, the founding chairman of Fox News, and dismissing concerns from colleagues who complained.

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