East threatens to hit its tipping point. Patrick shanahan took himself out of contention to leading the pentagon after a decade old violent domestic dispute with his then wife. It reports that the fbi had been investigating the incident as part of a routine background check for all cabinet members. That incident from the year 2010. Ahead of what would have been his confirmation hearing. According to the paper, shanahan and his then wife, whose name is kimberly jordanson both told the police the other was to blame. Jordanson said shanahan punched her in the stomach. He said he never laid a hand on her. He told police that she punched him 10 to 20 times. Shanahan confirmed some of the information to the Washington Post and speaking about another incident from the year 2011. This one painfully involving his then teenage son. According to the reporting of the post, quoting police reports, William Shanahan beat his mother, kimberly jordan son with a baseball bat, fractured her skull and lef