their fault and if they loved harder or tried harder the situation would be fixed. as opposed to recognizing this is an untenable situation. it s unacceptable to be treated that way, belittled like that and they deserve to walk away. here s a detail from the daily mail editor who worked on the story tonight. he says one unreported detail tuesday night as i went to sarah sanders s office to review the white house s response to our story about rob porter, porter himself appeared down the hall. he audibly growled at me, i stared him down. he exhaled loudly and walked into sara s office. only in the trump white house could you have the girlfriend of the accused sitting down to write a statement about the accused.
and he will see his new girlfriend when he goes tomorrow, because news organizations are reporting that rob porter is dating white house communications director hope hicks. that s relevant because one of hope hicks duties was cowriting john kelly s statement about rob porter, with that in mind, co-written by the girlfriend, is worth reading once again. this is the statement of the white house chief of staff, defending a white house staff member against the charge of domestic abuse and it is a statement tonight that john kelly says he still stands by and it was co-written by the accused man s current girlfriend. rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and i can t say enough good things about him. he is a friend, a confidant and a trusted professional. i am proud to serve alongside him.
statement from john kelly where he has just stopped praising rob porter. this is the new statement from the chief of staff, quote, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. there is no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comment of the rob porter that i have come to know. since becoming chief of staff, and believe every individual deserves the right to defend their reputation. i accepted his resignation he willier today and will ensure a wift and orderly transition. ib joing us now, one of the reporters who has been following this in washington. gregory courty is with u.s.a. today. thank you for being here. there are two tracks, the allegations from the exwives. the other track is what the white house knew, how senior a job he was in.
happen. it also makes you wonder how the white house is going through its security clearance process that someone like this, who is known to have not been truthful about what happened, who s trying to conceal something that s a security violation and a vul any vulnerability stays inside this job. beside the horribleness of what happened to these two women, maybe a third woman, presents a face in the office different than what they played at home. the breitbart headline refers to this as kushner ally rob porter resigns. they did go to college together, went to harvard. let me add this, this is a kid whose father is a harvard professor. who is the resident dean of one of the dormitoriries there.
standard procedure. nbc news has confirmed that rob porter was not in fact granted security clearance. one of porter ex-wives said when the fbi asked her whether or not parter might be vulnerable to blackmail, she answered yes because of the number people aware of the abusive behavior. she said, quote, i thought by sharing my story with the fbi he wouldn t be put in that post. for his part, rob porter denies these allegations. he said, quote, i took the photos given to the media 15 years ago. the relate behind them is nowhere close to what s being described. i ve been transparent and truthful about these vile claim, but i will not further the gauge publicly with a coordinated smear campaign. so that is porter s response as he resigns from the white house. but as for the white house chief of staff john kelly released a statement yesterday saying, quote, rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and i can t say enough good things about him. easy a friend, a confidante, and a truste