Weekend certainly going to be a long weekend for the chief of staff john kelly. A Senior Administration official and three others briefed on the conversations telling nbc news President Trump is venting about kellys response to rob porter. The scandal even speculating about potential replacements. Lets get to the breaking news happening as we speak. Were hearing from the president for the first time about porter. These notes are just being handed to me. Well play the clip for you in its entirety as soon as we get it. The president says that he has wished the former aide rob porter well. Porter did, in his words, a very good job at the white house. That he hopes he has a great career ahead of him and cautioned reporters that you have to remember that porter says he is innocent. All of this has shined a light on a lot of the top aides at the whourks including john kelly. A former white house official telling nbc news that kelly knew about the Domestic Abuse allegations against the former
Employees from pervasive Sexual Harassment, intimidation, and discrimination. These allegations against Harvey Weinstein marked the unofficial start of the me too movement, a movement the president has challenged this week. And now separately, we are also learning more from one woman tonight. The exwife of a disgraced former white house staffer, taking on the president of the United States. She says donald trump is calling her a liar and shes not standing for it. Im talking about jennie will pu by. She was married to rob porter who quit his job in the white house this past week, chased out by allegations that he violently abused her and another exwife. Again, willoughby and another woman. After porters resignation, the president praised him, wished him well, and took to twitter, quote, peoples lives are being chattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. And thats the part that has Jennie Willoughby, porters exwife, enable to stay quiet. The president saying that her story is not true.
She pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. But once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. I use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. You are free to go. Tide and downy together. Welcome to the second hour. The republican memo alleging abuses in the russia investigation. The president decided we will not see the democratic rebuttal, at least not right now. What has all the appearances of a white house cover up of abuses. Some covered up for months. We begin with the memo story and the president s decision with jim acosta for us tonight at the white house. You are not going to see this memo. Thats the latest. The president decided he is not going to declassify the adam schiff memo that was going to come from the committee to rebut the devin nunes memo last week that was released and declassified from the white house with little redaction. Despite what we heard from the white house, the process would be the same as we heard last we
Our sources say he knew about these allegations for months. Abby phillip at the white house with these growing questions. Abby . Reporter good morning, john. This story continues to be disturbing and questions are swirling about what exactly john kelly did know about rob porter and these accusations against him. Our sources are telling us that he was aware that the allegations existed for months, but apparently did nothing. The question is did he know the extent of it when the photos of these women his exwives were published in the daily mail became very clear that this was a big problem. Now, meanwhile, we have learned that President Trump learned this week about the accusations against porter and was upset about them. Was he kept in the dark by his own chief of staff . And another white house source tells us that some on the staff now feel misled by rob porter, that perhaps he didnt let everyone know exactly how severe these accusations were. Now, regardless, john, two women, both ex
It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. A Gale Force Storm each ven by president s standards. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on friday indicted 13 russians for meddling in the 2016 u. S. Election. The indictments focused on social influence from moscow, not collusion or obstruction. The president tweeted the indictment proved no collusion. The president avoided the golf course this weekend at maralago as a sign of respect after the Florida School shooting. He watched tv and got riled up by eric and donald junior who urged him to take a harder line on the fbi. He did. As you can see, the president quoted the Deputy Attorney general culla general and all in an effort to downplay collusion. And tried to talk about the russia investigation as a hoax. The president finished up with this, quote, if it was the goal of russia to create chaos within the u. S. , then with the Committee Hearings and party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are laughing their asses off. As you can