A quick diary for an early Friday night while everybody’s watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony: the Washington Post has just reported that a second White House aide has resigned this week because of spousal abuse allegations:
A White House speechwriter resigned Friday after his former wife claimed that he was violent and emotionally abusive during their turbulent two-and-a-half-year marriage — allegations that he vehemently denied, saying she was the one who victimized him.
The abrupt departure of David Sorensen, a speechwriter who worked under senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, came as The Washington Post was reporting on a story about abuse claims by his ex-wife, Jessica Corbett. Corbett told The Post that she described his behavior to the FBI last fall as the bureau was conducting a background check of Sorensen.
The company you keep says a lot about you. Trump seems to like having abusers, cheats, thieves, philanderers, and crooks surrounding him.
(H/T to MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes for bringing this to my attention.)