July 24, 2016

So, what are the odds that this serial sexual harasser is now working for Donald Trump? Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked Trump about the Roger Ailes' departure from Fox News as the allegations of harassment continue to pile up, and to no one's surprise, Trump came to Ailes' defense:

Donald Trump made his first public comments regarding Roger Ailes' resignation from Fox News amid sexual harassment accusations in pre-taped interviews for NBC's Meet the Press and Showtime's The Circus.

"I can tell you that some of the women that are complaining, I know how much he's helped them. And even recently," the Republican presidential nominee told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd. "And when they write books that are fairly recently released, and they say wonderful things about him. And now all of a sudden they're saying these horrible things about him."

Trump continued, "It's very sad. Because he's a very good person. I've always found him to be just a very, very good person. And by the way, a very, very talented person. Look what he's done. So I feel very badly."

On the topic of whether or not Ailes will help run his presidential campaign, Trump offered a vague response. "Well I don't want to comment," he told Todd, adding. "But he's been a

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