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Surprised anymore by the white house's response. i mean, the president's response to me was reminiscent, of course, of roy moore, but also of charlottesville. you know, you know, both sides you know and really covering for porter. and i think at his heart because the president has been accused of very similar behavior himself, i mean let's not forget the 12 women who have accused him of harassment and assault, that he can't possibly take the side and understand the plight of women who are trying to survive domestic violence. and the white house is filled with them. and so it actually wasn't a ...

Examine. because on tuesday night when kelly says he first found out the accusations were true, he put out a statement defending rob porter calling him a man of true integrity and honor, a friend, a confidante and a trust professional. then the next morning after photos were published of porter's first wife with a black eye, white house officials told "the post" that kelly was still standing by porter, in fact, was urging him to stay on the job. we also know every reports that senior trump aides have known for months about the allegations against porter including white house counsel don mcgahn...

Aide has resigned because of allegations of domestic abuse which he denies. late tonight, a breaking report the president is privately questioning the credibility of rob porter's accusers. i'm joined by one of the authors of this report. politics reporter for the daily beast. tell me what you found in your reporting today? >> what my and my colleagues have found is that over the past couple of days, the president of the united states has been privately raising questions to both aides and long-time friends and confidants about the credibility of the allegations against mr. porter. he has been r...

And a muted version of the woman that i had been when i met rob. >> the president of the united states couldn't even bring himself to go through the motions of condemning domestic violence in the abstract. as we saw with the white nationalist murder in charlottesville, this president cannot bring himself to denounce an obvious and flagrant evil standing in front of his eyes when to do so would defy his own interests and inclinations. the more we learn what his staff knew about porter and when they found out, the clearer it becomes they take this issue just as seriously as the president does. t...

The more we learn what his staff knew about porter and when they found out, the clearer it becomes they take this issue just as seriously as the president does. today white house chief of staff john kelly told reporters he first learned about the extent of the allegations tuesday night. >> can you clarify to us exactly, there's been a lot of reporting about the timeline and when you found out about things. can you just clarify that. >> tuesday night. >> you find out tuesday night. >> that the accusations were true. 20 minutes later he was gone. >> 40 minutes later he was gone. that echoes the ...