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Welcome back. joining us from washington, with a look at axios am, the cofounder, mike allen. >> good morning, and it's juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery. the axios one big thing is inside the oval, behind the scenes of patrick shanahan's departure as defense secretary nominee. we're told that white house officials have known for a month about the big divorce file for patrick shanahan, the acting defense secretary that caused him to withdraw yesterday, the very ugly allegations that we have seen here and documented encounters we have seen on the show. the president said that he ju...

Completed, and so this appears to have been a factor. the longer this went on, the more questions there were about why wasn't he yet officially submitted to congress. sitting out there the entire time was this very personal kind of episode that a lot of reporters in town were wrestling with about the details in this divorce file. >> aaron, thank you for your reporting on this. aaron davis is an investigative reporter at the "washington post." i'm going to go to capitol hill in a moment to get reaction to why this information wasn't forthcoming earlier from kelly o'donnell. let me remind you wh...

>> reporter: the minnesota star tribune the most widely read newspaper in the state joined the conservative publication of the news in an attempt to unseal the 2012 divorce records of ellison and his ex-wife kim ellison. the couple once the file to stay close saying, quote, our divorce simply isn't the public's business and therefore when we separated we jointly asked the course to seal the fire. one month before closely contested election for minnesota attorney general a conservative group wants to probe our divorce file in search of something to use against keith in this race. kim ellison go...

Joined the conservative publication alpha news in a fight to unseal the 2012 divorce records of ellison and his ex-wife, kim ellison. the couple once the file to stay close, saying, "our divorce simply is not the public's business, and therefore, when we separated, we jointly ask the court to seal the file. now one month before a closely contested election for minnesota attorney general, a conservative group wants to probe our divorce file in search of something to use against keith in this race." kim allison goes on to say her ex-husband never abused her. the state democratic party is investi...

Delay it for a few weeks, delay it for a few weeks. what do you think is going on here? what do you make of the timing? >> they are clearly concerned about what information is going to come out before the election. you know, i also think -- not a lot of people are commenting on this. i think the reference to "the new york times" effort to unseal the divorce file, i believe that relates to the unsealing of perhaps the deposition or other documents relating to that deposition that was given or the allegation of spousal rape that was made at one point in time. not a lot of people are talking abou...