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Building. >> even for someone that is that empty about -- we were stunned. >> reporter: sparking outrage by saying it was a lack of ability to compromise rather than slavery that caused the civil war. well when porter first announced his resignation yesterday afternoon, said he would leave the white house in a matter of weeks. now -- cnns that learned that will be moved up, he might be out as early as today as the fallout continues. >> joining us now is the chairman of the house freedom caucus, ...

Secretary rob porter came after his two ex-wives came forward with graphic stories and in one case photos of domestic abuse. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker has the details. >> reporter: shock waves at the white house after one of the presidents most trusted advisers, rob porter, resigned amid allegations by two ex-wives of verbal and physical abuse. porter sits outside the oval office and controls all the documents that land on the presidents desk. in a statement porter called...

>> stuck on stupid. just dumbness. thats what you found here. desperation has set in at this stage unfortunate. you have got officers lives that are out there. these poor officers are suffering as a result of mosby coming out like this. >> it gets dragged on too, it goes on and on and on. they should have a trial and a fail trial and a swift trial. thats the whole point is to make sure that you have your speedy trial. but what i cant -- i just go back to the fact that when they decided, katie, t...

>> stuck on stupid. just dumbness. thats what you found here. desperation has set in at this stage unfortunate. you have got officers lives that are out there. these poor officers are suffering as a result of mosby coming out like this. >> it gets dragged on too, it goes on and on and on. they should have a trial and a fail trial and a swift trial. thats the whole point is to make sure that you have your speedy trial. but what i cant -- i just go back to the fact that when they decided, katie, t...

Went to the hospital any earlier. >> right. >> so, you know, as a police officer, youre not -- youre not a doctor. you need -- youve got a little leeway there to be able to make a decision on whether or not somebody wants to go to the hospital or not. >> was it a mistake, sunny, to try porter first? or did they think this was the easiest one? >> my understanding is that they tried porter first, because they needed him to get to goodson, who is, i think, in their view, the most culpable, the van ...

The remaining four offices will be tried every few weeks after then. >> -- more on this, we turn to our legal panel. lets start with this. it seems very important to the prosecutor that they tried porter first. porter is the guy who arrived to check on grey at the fourth out of five van stops. at which point he put him on the floor and left him handcuffed. >> theyre alleging he had direct contact with freddie grey and asked him if you need to go see the doctor or the hopt and he indicated yes. a...

Mcgacgahn know? it was in february of 2017 so a year ago when porter first told don mcgahn this might be an issue on his background check and then again in the fall of this year is when john kelly was made aware of the situation. >> kristen holmes, we appreciate it so much. thank you. still to come, kim jong-uns sister had a lunch meeting with the south korean prime minister in seoul but on the street protesters were chanting anti-north korean slogans. history was made in pyeongchang. the u....

Role. >> reporter: porter responsible for every document that came into the presidents hand even classified once despite having a security clearance. denying security clearance last fall. white house communication director hope hicks has been in a romantic relationship with porter aides tell cnn. despite he was involved in crafting the initial denial to the abuse allegations. porter first wife told cnn started shortly after their wedding in 2003 saying she was choked punched and emotionally abus...

John kelly called porter, a man of integrity. even as the reports of abuse by porter first appeared in the daily mail. including this picture of porters ex-wife, holderness also alleges that porter choked her and verbally abused her. porter reported that i took the photos given to the media 15 years ago. porters second ex-wife, told the "daily mail" that porter dragged her wet and naked out of the shower and was verbally abusive. in an account she confirms to nbc news. nbc news has also obtained...