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Rob Porter, second in command to John Kelly at The White House, has been forced to resign. He was never able to obtain a security clearance due to his history of domestic violence, but The White House overlooked it until it became public. His resignation becomes official tomorrow.
Excerpts from an article in "The New York Times" are below.
"In the White House, Mr. Porter, 40, had been widely regarded as a rising star. A Harvard graduate, Rhodes scholar and former Senate aide, Mr. Porter was an ally of Mr. Kelly’s and a steady force in a West Wing populated by aides vying for face time with — and influence over — the president. But, a year into his job, Mr. Porter did not have the permanent security clearance that aides of his rank always have.
Ms. Willoughby, Mr. Porter’s second wife, said in an interview on Wednesday that when the F.B.I. was conducting research for Mr. Porter’s security clearance, he asked her whether she had told investigators about their marriage.
'He believed that that was holding up his clearance,' Ms. Willoughby said. 'I did describe my marriage in detail.'
Ms. Willoughby, who said that she divorced Mr. Porter in November 2013, decided to go public about the allegations after facing pressure from Mr. Porter to issue a statement that she felt 'minimized' her experiences in their marriage.
In addition to asking her about what she said to F.B.I. officials, Mr. Porter, she said, had been in touch several times over the past year to urge her to take down a blog post in which she detailed abuse in their marriage without naming him.
According to an emergency protective order she filed in June 2010 against him in an Arlington, Va., court, Ms. Willoughby accused Mr. Porter of growing angry when she said he had violated a private separation agreement. A day later, her complaint said, Mr. Porter entered her apartment with a key he had not given back.
According to her complaint, Mr. Porter left only after Ms. Willoughby had asked him to leave several times. He returned minutes later and 'punched in the glass on the door,' trying to get into the apartment. He left the property after she read her name and address aloud to a 911 dispatcher.
'When he heard me on the phone with the police,' Ms. Willoughby wrote in the complaint, 'he apologized and begged me not to involve them.'
Ms. Holderness, Mr. Porter’s first wife, described their relationship as 'verbally, emotionally and physically abusive' in an interview with The Daily Mail. In photographs she gave to The Intercept, Ms. Holderness has a blackened right eye and a swollen cheekbone.
In his statement, Mr. Porter said the pictures of Ms. Holderness were misleading.
'I took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago, and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described,' he said. 'I have been transparent and truthful about these vile claims, but I will not further engage publicly with a coordinated smear campaign.'
The White House sent several statements to The Mail on Tuesday evening in support of Mr. Porter. In one, Mr. Kelly, who in recent months has leaned heavily on Mr. Porter in his efforts to bring order to a once chaotic West Wing, called Mr. Porter 'a man of true integrity' whom he could not say 'enough good things' about.
'Rob is in fact charming and intelligent and diligent and extremely good at his job,' Ms. Willoughby said. 'And, in capital letters, abusive and manipulative and toxic in his personal relationships.'”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/...column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Now would somebody please throw that Male Chauvinist Pig John Kelly out of the White House? Trump may be covered in teflon, but why do we have to put up with the disgusting comtempt for women dished out by Kelly? And Trump will be out-either via impeachment, resignation, or jail anyway. It just may not be soon enough to save the country.
Excerpts from an article in "The New York Times" are below.
"In the White House, Mr. Porter, 40, had been widely regarded as a rising star. A Harvard graduate, Rhodes scholar and former Senate aide, Mr. Porter was an ally of Mr. Kelly’s and a steady force in a West Wing populated by aides vying for face time with — and influence over — the president. But, a year into his job, Mr. Porter did not have the permanent security clearance that aides of his rank always have.
Ms. Willoughby, Mr. Porter’s second wife, said in an interview on Wednesday that when the F.B.I. was conducting research for Mr. Porter’s security clearance, he asked her whether she had told investigators about their marriage.
'He believed that that was holding up his clearance,' Ms. Willoughby said. 'I did describe my marriage in detail.'
Ms. Willoughby, who said that she divorced Mr. Porter in November 2013, decided to go public about the allegations after facing pressure from Mr. Porter to issue a statement that she felt 'minimized' her experiences in their marriage.
In addition to asking her about what she said to F.B.I. officials, Mr. Porter, she said, had been in touch several times over the past year to urge her to take down a blog post in which she detailed abuse in their marriage without naming him.
According to an emergency protective order she filed in June 2010 against him in an Arlington, Va., court, Ms. Willoughby accused Mr. Porter of growing angry when she said he had violated a private separation agreement. A day later, her complaint said, Mr. Porter entered her apartment with a key he had not given back.
According to her complaint, Mr. Porter left only after Ms. Willoughby had asked him to leave several times. He returned minutes later and 'punched in the glass on the door,' trying to get into the apartment. He left the property after she read her name and address aloud to a 911 dispatcher.
'When he heard me on the phone with the police,' Ms. Willoughby wrote in the complaint, 'he apologized and begged me not to involve them.'
Ms. Holderness, Mr. Porter’s first wife, described their relationship as 'verbally, emotionally and physically abusive' in an interview with The Daily Mail. In photographs she gave to The Intercept, Ms. Holderness has a blackened right eye and a swollen cheekbone.
In his statement, Mr. Porter said the pictures of Ms. Holderness were misleading.
'I took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago, and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described,' he said. 'I have been transparent and truthful about these vile claims, but I will not further engage publicly with a coordinated smear campaign.'
The White House sent several statements to The Mail on Tuesday evening in support of Mr. Porter. In one, Mr. Kelly, who in recent months has leaned heavily on Mr. Porter in his efforts to bring order to a once chaotic West Wing, called Mr. Porter 'a man of true integrity' whom he could not say 'enough good things' about.
'Rob is in fact charming and intelligent and diligent and extremely good at his job,' Ms. Willoughby said. 'And, in capital letters, abusive and manipulative and toxic in his personal relationships.'”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/...column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Now would somebody please throw that Male Chauvinist Pig John Kelly out of the White House? Trump may be covered in teflon, but why do we have to put up with the disgusting comtempt for women dished out by Kelly? And Trump will be out-either via impeachment, resignation, or jail anyway. It just may not be soon enough to save the country.
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