believed that that departure was botched here by aides in the white house including the chief of staff john kelly. but the president has stayed in touch with him. he does this with people who leave the west wing or his orbit, don t often leave for very long and we re seeing that here with rob porter. the thing you have to keep in mind is the context here, this is coming as the president s inner circle here in the west wing has continued to shrink over the recent weeks. only the departure of rob porter, but hope hicks, keith schiller, johnny mcintee, several aides close to the president as well. aides in the white house do not think it is likely that rob porter will return, given the seriousness of the allegations made against him. but it does go to show just how close he and the president were here. kaitlan, thank you. i want to turn to the latest legal maneuver in the stormy daniels saga. the porn star is suing president trump s long time lawyer michael cohen for defamation. cnn s m
according to a white house official, the presidents has told advisers he knows he probably cannot bring mr. porter back, but he has made clear that he misses the staff structure that mr. porter helped build and implement. and the white house is sending mixed messages concerning reports that president trump is planning to oust veterans affairs secretary david shulkin. one white house spokesperson said yesterday the president is still confident in shulkin, but hours later, another spokesperson dodged that question. the bottom line is, we all serve at the pleasure of the president and if he s not pleased, you ll know it. at this point in time, though, he does have confidence in dr. shulkin. he s done some great things at the va. as you know, the president wants to put the right people in the right place at the right time and that could change. talk about dave shulkin. is he going to be fired face-to-face or through the media or twitter? i have no personnel announcements to make at thi
had begun to review potential violations. the white house did not respond to a comment from the wall street journal. an attorney for curb if ner said that after the initial reporting on the loans, quote, the white house counsel concluded there is no issues involving jared. there s new reporting that president trump has expressed hope that former white house staff secretary rob porter will return to work in the west wing. according to the new york times, the president trump has stayed in touch with porter sips he he left in february. that s according to three people familiar with those conversations. porter resigned after domestic abuse allegations business his two ex-wives cave came to light. porter has denied the allegations. people familiar with the conversations tell the new york times that president s calls with mr. porter have increased in the last few weeks as the number of people he is close to inside the white house continues to dwindle.
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