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Thoughts about colby holderness. >> you met colby, who is rob porter's first wife. she has also come forward publicly and also put out an image that shows her with a black eye. she says rob porter gave her that black eye. do you believe her? >> of course i believe her. of course i believe her. >> you think he's capable of that? >> i believe her. >> jennifer willowby says she spoke to the fbi early last year as they were doing the background check on porter. as she told them the truth. we are hearing from john kelly, the chief of staff, facing a lot of questions about how long ago he knew this....

A year ago. i want to share a quote from the piece. in january 2017, a year ago, when mcgann learned of the allegations, he wanted porter to stay put, because he saw the harvard law trained capitol hill veteran as a steadying professional voice in the white house according to people familiar with the matter. how significant is it that porter was allowed to stay in the job? again, a steadying hand. because the guy served in the military and went to harvard? no problema he's accused of beating two ex-wives? >> it's a troubling situation across the board -- >> that's an understatement. >> indeed....

Process about senior staff, not just the allegations themselves, continue to become a national news story. why did the white house choose to stand by porter during the past few months? yes porter said the allegations were lost, but where was the due diligence about these allegations, about checking in with the fbi, about the real status of porter? because porter was not just a senior staffer, he was someone close to the president of the united states, controlling paper flow to the chief executive of our country day in, day out. >> where's the dual die diligen? if he's saying these are just all...

Allegations but we know his ex-wives have spoken out. one of them, jennifer willowby, spoke earlier today. help us understand what she's told us. >> she spoke in powerful terms about her experience being married for four years to rob porter. she, jennifer willowby, was his second wife. she said the process of speaking about this has been cathartic as she shared what she described as shame fful details. she's still sort of processing this entire experience. she says she was both verbally and emotionally, at times even physically, abused in that relationship. noting one time in particular where ...

They have existed at least for a year. through the fbi background check process. and the white house, the president, the chief of staff, the chief counsel at the white house, they've decided to keep moving forward. because porter if you really want to understand the dynamic, he was a confidant of jared kush next the president's son-in-law. of hope hicks, the communications director. of so many people at the upper echelon at this white house. >> a confidant of jared kushner. we know jared and aye vank ka have a lot of influence. you say a con fidant of hope hicks. wouldn't other senior members ...