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Its been nearly a week since allegations against rob porter by two exwives, allegations he has denied and the administration has struggled to present a clear response to the allegations. When the initial story came out, the white house praises rob porter, wednesday morning photos come out, wednesday afternoon the white house continues to praise rob porter, chief of staff john kelly said he acted within 40 minutes of knowing the allegations. Can you explain that . As i said, and im going to repeat what i said earlier, that we learned of the situation involving rob porter last tuesday evening and within 24 hours his resignation has been accepted and announced. We announced a transition was going to happen, and within hours it did. I can tell you that a conversation took place within 40 minutes and beyond that i dont have anything else to underscore the question you saw there from that Washington Post reporter, here is white house chief of staff john kelly speaking to reporters on this pa
Of a high level aide over Domestic Abuse ai allegations is consuming the white house. Its been nearly a week since allegations against rob porter by two of his exwives became public, allegations he has denied and the administration has struggled to present a clear time line to the response to these allegations. Tuesday night when the initial story came out, the white house praises rob porter, wednesday morning photos come out, wednesday afternoon the white house continues to praise rob porter, chief of staff john kelly said he acted within 40 minutes of knowing the allegations. Can you explain that . As i said, and im going to repeat what i said earlier, that we learned of the situation involving rob porter last tuesday evening and within 24 ho hours his resignation has been accepted and announced. We announced a transition was going to happen, and within hours it did. I can tell you that a conversation took place within 40 minutes and beyond that i dont have anything else to underscor
The 11th hour begins now. Good evening from our nbc news headquarters in new york. A new week brings day 389 of the Trump Administration. And fallout over the high level aides departure over allegations of Domestic Violence. Its been nearly a week since allegations against rob porter by two exwives, allegations he has denied and the administration has struggled to present a clear response to the allegations. When the initial story came out, the white house praises rob porter, wednesday morning photos come out, wednesday afternoon the white house continues to praise rob porter, chief of staff john kelly said he acted within 40 minutes of knowing the allegations. Can you explain that . As i said, and im going to repeat what i said earlier, that we learned of the situation involving rob porter last tuesday evening and within 24 hours his resignation has been accepted and announced. We announced a transition was going to happen, and within hours it did. I can tell you that a conversation t