TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rob Porter will be out as early as Thursday [2-8-18], a senior White House official said Wednesday night, in another signal the West Wing is scrambling to contain the fallout over his continued employment even though officials were aware of the domestic abuse allegations against him.
Porter, a top White House staffer, resigned from his position Wednesday after allegations of domestic abuse were made public by his two ex-wives. Porter has denied their allegations.
A top aide to White House chief of staff John Kelly, Porter was initially defended by glowing White House statements in spite of his resignation… But Wednesday evening, Kelly issued a new statement…
Porter had told people in the West Wing, including Kelly, that his exes were trying to smear him, according to the official. The official disputed the assertion that Kelly knew all of these details for months, though other sources told CNN he was aware. It wasn’t until last week that Kelly knew he had been twice married, this official said.”
-Jeff Zeleny and Sophie Tatum, “White House scrambles to contain Porter fallout,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Feb. 7, 2018 10:25pm