Todays top stories this hour hoff Shepard Smith reporting. On this friday afternoon, hope youre warm wherever you are. Im bill hemmer in for Shepard Smith. President trump saying he was surprised and only found out recently that rob porter was facing accusations of abuse by his two exwives. Was said when he heard about it. Hes also very sad now. As you know, he says hes innocent. I think you have to remember that. He said first strongly yesterday that hes innocent. So youll have to talk to him about that. So the white house not saying exactly when john kelly found out about the abuse claims. The Associated Press reporting that kelly became aware last fall when porter had trouble getting a security clearance. The white house saying kelly only became fully aware this past week. The a. P. Reporting white House Counsel don mcgann new about the accusations a year ago around the time President Trump took office but porter was deep in the president s inner circle. He helped write the state of
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