The Daily Beast reported that when HarperCollins publisher Judith Regan was fired in 2006, she alleged that a senior executive at News Corp., HarperCollins' parent company, had asked her to lie to federal investigators vetting Bernard Kerik for the job of Homeland Security secretary. The executive wanted Regan to keep secret her past affair with Kerik, who would later be convicted for lying to White House officials. Now, court documents have revealed that the mystery executive was none other than Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes—and Regan claims to have a recorded phone call in which she and Ailes discussed her relationship with Kerik. The existence of the tape possibly explains why News Corp. quickly settled Regan's wrongful termination suit with a $10.5 million payout. What a NEWT.
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