Fox News fires anchor Ed Henry following sexual misconduct allegation

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Henry was terminated this morning less than a week after he was suspended for sexual misconduct. Henry joined Fox News from CNN in 2011, serving as chief White House correspondent before co-anchoring America’s Newsroom. “On Thursday, June 25, we received a complaint about Ed Henry from a former employee’s attorney involving willful sexual misconduct in the workplace years ago,” Fox News said in a memo. "We immediately retained an outside law firm (which has never represented Fox News in investigations or litigation) to independently investigate the claims. Ed was suspended the same day and removed form his on-air responsibilities pending investigation. Based on investigative findings, Ed has been terminated." As media critic David Folkenflik notes, Henry's firing is an "unwelcome reminder of the defining" Roger Ailes era at Fox News -- "which include sexual harassment/assault accusations that led to firings of Ailes, Bill O’Reilly, James Rosen and more." ALSO: Watch Henry's former co-anchor Sandra Smith announce his firing on America's Newsroom.