director mick mulvaney. mulvaney s denied he s under investigation. sarah sanders says the president has confidence in kelly. this coming as the white house struggles to control the fallout that we ve been seeing around allegations that porter, the former white house staff secretary, physically abused his two ex-wives. porter denies the accusations. chief of staff kelly defending his handling of the situation telling the wall street journal it was all done right. scrutiny intensifying after the director up-ended the timeline of events. monday the white house said top officials learned the extent of the allegations last tuesday and that porter s background check was still ongoing. yesterday, fbi chief chris wray told the senate intel committee the bureau notified the white house of the allegations months ago. the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in