So upset about this. Especially reportedly saying, giving him advice not to resign, saying that he could weather this. Again, this is an accused Domestic Abuser. Right. You have to question kellys judgment. And, you know, people inside the white house say, look, many of them like kelly, some of them dont like kelly because He Silos Everything and keeps them away from the president. But one thing most people seem to agree on is that he doesnt have any political sense. And, you know, he doesnt understand political . Gloria, listen. No, in terms of i dont want to be insulting. No, but im not saying on the abuse stuff, but im just saying, a priori, this is such a terrible thing, get rid of him. Why is he even still there after all of this time . Thats a good question. I want to get to jim. Chief of staff, john kelly, were talking about him. Forward was pretty glowing. And its sort of odd, a senior white house official told us this evening, don, one of the reasons they were putting out thes
pointed out he never got. sources say porter down played the allegations and it wasn t until wednesday when the photos of his first wife with the black eye surfaced that the white house learned the full extent of what his ex-wife says happened. around the same time that mcgann learned of the allegations in november, the woman that porter was dating at the time called mcgann to say that porter was abusive to her and other problems as well that she was concerned about. that woman had a conversation with porter s first wife in january of last year in which colby holderness told her of the black eye. that woman continued to date porter. she also worked in the administration, she was afraid that she would lose her job if she broke up with porter. now the president, as you pointed out, shep, offered a measure of support to porter over the weekend in that tweet. also on friday when he was talking to reporters, the president reminded people that porter continues to insist that
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 the union address and traveled on air force one. after news of the accusations broke, kelly called porter a man of true integrity and honor and proud to serve alongside him. hours later, kelly said he was shocked by the accusations and porter turned in his resignation. the turning point is when kelly saw porter s first wife with a black eye. the white house admits they could have done a better job handling the matter. i talked with corey lewandowski about what he doubt about this. no question they could have handled it better. the process they were supposed to have in place failed. the checks and balances have failed. the public reports now say that multiple people in the building
the white house grappling tonight with news about a top aide facing domestic abuse allegations. sources saying senior officials knew about it and didn t do anything. i want to bring in max boot, a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and the author of the the road not taken. max good to have you on. i first want to get your take on the disturbing allegations of dmakz against rob porter, chief of staff john kelly coming to his defense. at one point kelly called porter a man of true integrity. what are your thoughts. well this is appalling. but it s part of a pattern with the trump white house which had a lot of questionable characters like steve bannon, sebastian gorka, michael flynn, now rob porter. people who would not pass any kind of muster in any kind of ordinary white house have nevertheless been allowed very close to the center of power in the united states government.
people? and he was aware of these problems well, he was aware of these problems with the security background check and others were aware of the problems with the background check. and to not take action on that also raises questions about kelly s judgment that i think he s going to have to answer eventually. whether he knew about all of these allegations, i don t think that has been shown at this point. he does say in this statement tonight something about these new allegations, he was shocked by these new allegations. but again, when they put out that statement, when the white house press secretary came into the briefing room earlier today, they put out a statement, from john kelly, from sarah sanders, from orrin hatch, all praising rob porter. and the question is, how could they possibly think that s a good idea when this person was already saying, porter was already saying i m stepping down, i m resigning, and oh, bouy wby the way, i know about these pictures because i took th