Fox News' Roger Ailes Offered Condoleeza Rice 'Off-the-Record' Help

In a 2005 letter, Fox News head Roger Ailes offered "off-the-record" help to President George W. Bush's secretary of state, Condoleeza Rice.

In the handwritten note, Ailes praised Rice and said he was just a phone call away. A Fox News spokeswoman said that Bush officials never took Ailes up on the offer and said that he "speaks to powerful people from the left and the right all the time." The network did not immediately respond to a question from TheWrap about whether Ailes has offered help to any members of Democratic administrations.