John Kelly claims he axed the staff secretary immediately after
learning of domestic-abuse allegations. The bureau’s director just
called that into question.
By Gideon Resnick
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday contradicted the White House
timeline of how it handled—or didn’t—domestic-abuse allegations against
former staff secretary Rob Porter.
During
a Senate intelligence hearing on Tuesday, Wray testified that the FBI
informed the White House as early as March 2017 about at least some of
the findings of a background check on Porter as part of his
security-clearance application.
Porter’s ex-wives publicly
accused him last week of physical abuse in their marriages, and said
they told the FBI he was abusive during interviews with agents as part
of his background check for a security clearance to handle classified
information.
During an exchange with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR),
Wray was asked whether the bureau's background investigation and its
findings could affect Porter's security clearance for working in the
White House.
“I can’t get into the content of what was briefed,” Wray initially said.
Wyden pressed: “Were they informed?”
Wray
responded by laying out a timeline of the FBI’s actions that is fairly
damning to the White House’s public declarations about the way they
handled the situation.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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