Nine months away. There is a lot to talk about. Lets begin at the white house. Kelly odonnell, we are learning that rob porter, the Staff Secretary, accused of Domestic Violence by his exwives that he could be out as early as today, is that correct . Reporter thats our reporting and the issue is that rob porter offered his resignation and Sarah Huckabee sanders said there would be an extended time of transition, where he would be able to help facilitate a successor. That has changed in the sense that there has been a lot of controversy around this, a lot of attention drawn to the two former wives of rob porter. The statements they have made publicly alleging verbal abuse, physical abuse and Emotional Abuse and porter has said that these are smears. He has said that these are baseless allegations and a coordinated campaign against him. We saw a shift, in fact, that at first, members of the white house senior Team Including chiefofstaff john kelly were very supportive of porter and he
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abusive situations did occur and that they reported them to the fbi, which is a standard part of a background check where members of the fbi interview those in the life and family of anyone who is up for clearance especially for a high level job at the white house. so porter denies this. he may be out as early as today based on the changing nature of how this story has been received, how it s been perceived and even changes among those that had been initially supportive of him. that s the other question. is i don t kn if there was an issue with his security clearance and if this at least by the fbi some of the accusations here were known, i see you re doesn t look like kelly s hearing me. we ll ask somebody else the question. we got other folks joining us who are very knowledge being. joined now by beth reiner. she conducted the interviews
why was he in st. louis? and how did he get grabbed from what should be a secure area? those are all good questions. he was in st. louis because he s on a transplant list for a heart defect. he suffers from a hardening and thickening of heart muscles. we re told by family members that he s got a leaky valve, too. he was admitted into the hospital in st. louis on friday because he had fluid in his lungs, hence his presence at barnes hot. his father then visited several days later, i believe it was on monday when he made a visit to the hospital. that is not confirmed, but it was several days after his mom and 35-year-old porter got admitted to the hospital that his father got there. and yesterday, his father went there to take him and go to the pharmacy to get prescriptions. when his father made a call to tiffany stone, which is porter s mom and said i m leaving with him. so a scary situation given the fact that he should have never, according to family members been able to l
making her feel very frightened. so porter is resigning and the white house is defending him? well, first porter says these statements are false. i have been transparent and truthful about these vile claims but i will not further engage with the coordinated smear campaign. i should note that he acknowledge that s it was in fact port here took these photos of her bruised face. she said he made her take the photos had contrition but she stands by her allegations. in terms of the fallout, we are told he resigned over the objections of chief of staffer kelly. kelly said porter is a man of