---
born: 1934-06-05
category: Authors & Journalists
location: Hugo, Oklahoma
summary: Bill Moyers is an American journalist and former government official.
tags:
- Person
- Journalist
---

Bill Moyers is an American journalist and former government official. He served as a trusted aide and sometime speechwriter for President [Lyndon B. Johnson](/people/lyndon-b-johnson/). In October 1964, Moyers was ordered by Johnson, along with [Myer Feldman](/people/myer-feldman/), to clean out [Walter W. Jenkins](/people/walter-w-jenkins/)'s safe after Jenkins's arrest on homosexual solicitation charges. They discovered a private cache of money, including funds from [Abraham Feinberg](/people/abraham-feinberg/).[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 14.