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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, congressman mark meadows. good to have you. >> great to be with you. my good friend jim jordan sends...

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 president's 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 president's desk. in a statement porter called the claims "outrageous" and "simply false" and "a coordinated smear campaign." >> the president a...

>> stuck on stupid. just dumbness. that's 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. that's the whole point is to make sure that you have your speedy trial. but what i can't -- i just go back to the fact that when they decided, katie, that they would try porter first, they expected the prosecution a conviction. and they knew that ...

>> stuck on stupid. just dumbness. that's 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. that's the whole point is to make sure that you have your speedy trial. but what i can't -- i just go back to the fact that when they decided, katie, that they would try porter first, they expected the prosecution a conviction. and they knew that ...

Went to the hospital any earlier. >> right. >> so, you know, as a police officer, you're not -- you're not a doctor. you need -- you've 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 driver, and they needed porter's testimony to try to convict sergeant white. and so, they had to ...