Rob Porter has been too concerned with company ink

As the White House burns…. Rob apparently holes where he eats.

White House communications director Hope Hicks, who has been in a romantic relationship with Rob Porter, was involved in crafting the response to the allegations of domestic abuse leveled against Porter on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter tell me

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) February 7, 2018

Rob Porter resigns as White House staff secretary amid allegations of abuse, issuing this statement: pic.twitter.com/tyyTYGRewh

— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) February 7, 2018

John Kelly: "Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor and I can’t say enough good things about him."

sr admin official tells @AndrewRestuccia that
a) chief of staff John Kelly already knew Rob Porter had a restraining order against him
b) Porter, whose job was reviewing all documents that go to the president, didn't have full security clearance b/c of ithttps://t.co/9y9cMMppyT

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) February 7, 2018

Porter worked closely with Kelly to help control the information flow to Trump — a top priority for Kelly, who has sought to limit who has access to the president.

Senior staff huddled on Tuesday night to coordinate a defense of Porter, with Kelly and Sanders both providing on-the-record statements to the Daily Mail.

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A Harvard University graduate and former Rhodes scholar, Porter previously worked for Republican Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio and Mike Lee of Utah.

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