WH Needs a Replacement for Porter and if Kelly Likes him No Security Clearance Needed
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| Kelly and His man Porter |
Kelly is a lier but he works for a President who lies all the time. Is it a requirement for working for a lier you have to be one be one yourself? It seems that way. We knew people in government lied and politicians lied. What we never saw or allowed to be seen as people high up in the government lying right in front of us on TV. Kelly said he didn't know about this problem of having a wife beater working for him...lie! He knew about it because the FBI knew it and reported it to his office. He is either very thick like his boss or doesn't read, just like his boss. People were so excited when Kelly was named the chief of staff. They thought they would straighten out the Trump's White House.
Why would Trump not pick someone that was in line with his ways of doing business (Kelly)?
Kelly had a guy without a security clearance working in the highest places in the White House Kelly allowed this and the question is did Trump know? did he care? Still, Kelly stuck his face on TV and said 'this was the first he heard about it' Not true.
Trump's son in law won't get a permanent security clearing because of the flags raised by the FBI but then He is the this President son in law and the President ignores this fact. But Porter was no family of the President. Why then having given a promotion after the FBI sent a report about him beating his wife to the WH. and be kept there. They could not find a replacement. Well, Kelly liked him so he stayed. Adam
Sources close to the White House say chief of staff John Kelly has suffered a serious blow to his standing from the bungled resignation of staff secretary Rob Porter, who has been accused of domestic abuse.
Kelly’s most vehement critics even suggest the episode could herald his demise within the administration.
“We’ll see this as an inflection point when he is fired,” said one source within President Trump’s orbit. The source, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, blasted Kelly as “tone deaf and politically inept.”
A second source close to the Republican Party complained, regarding Kelly, that “everybody knows he limits access and information flow to POTUS on a daily basis; this could be the beginning of the end of that — and maybe Kelly as chief.”
Such predictions can be motivated in part by personal rivalries. Some people who had become accustomed to having relatively free-flowing access to Trump have found their contact sharply reduced since Kelly replaced Reince Priebus as chief of staff last July.
But Kelly's woes deepened late Thursday when The Washington Post reported that White House counsel Don McGahn had first informed Kelly of the abuse allegations against Porter last fall. Instead of firing Porter, according to the Post, Kelly gave him a bigger role.
White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah insisted that Kelly retained Trump’s full confidence during a media briefing on Thursday.
But Shah had a thankless task in trying to defend a White House, and a chief of staff, that had expressed total confidence in Porter amid allegations of domestic abuse by two ex-wives — only to cut him loose within hours.
In a statement sent via the White House pool reporter at 3:54 p.m. Wednesday, Porter was praised as “effective in his role.” The statement added, “the President and Chief of Staff have full confidence in his abilities and his performance.”
At 9:31 p.m., a statement under Kelly’s name was released, noting that he had accepted Porter’s resignation and that “there is no place for domestic violence in our society.”
The furor is so politically explosive in part because the allegations are so disturbing. Both of Porter’s ex-wives have alleged that he was physically abusive to them.
The Daily Mail’s website published photos of his first wife, Colbie Holderness, with a bruised eye. She said the injury had been inflicted by Porter, whom she accused of punching her while they were on vacation in Italy. His second wife, Jennifer Willoughby, told the same news organization that Porter had pulled her from the shower to scream at her.
In a statement that was read aloud at the White House media briefing on Wednesday, Porter called the allegations “simply false” and “vile.”
But those allegations also seemingly stopped Porter from getting a security clearance, even though he had daily access to the president. Shah said Porter was working under an interim clearance and insisted that the full clearance was never denied. "His background investigation was ongoing," he said.
The difficulties for the White House were further complicated because Porter is reported to be dating Hope Hicks, the communications director and one of Trump’s closest aides. Shah said Hicks had recused herself from some discussions regarding the matter.
Kelly was initially emphatic in his defense of Porter. Kelly at first told the Daily Mail that Porter was “a man of true integrity and honor” and added that he was “proud to serve alongside him.”
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So there’s another vacancy in the outstandingly successful Trump administration. White House staff secretary Rob Porter either resigned or was fired this week following allegations he assaulted both of his former wives.
Porter joins an impressively long list of people who have left or been ejected from the administration, including but not limited to national security adviser Michael Flynn; deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh; deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland; National Security Council deputy chief of staff Tera Dahl; assistant press secretary Michael Short; chief of staff Reince Priebus; chief strategist Stephen Bannon; deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka; William Bradford, director of the Energy Department’s Office of Indian Energy; director of Health and Human Services Tom Price; Jamie Johnson, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships; Office of Drug Control Policy deputy chief of staff Taylor Weyenet; press secretary Sean Spicer; special adviser Carl Icahn; and Office of Public Liaison director of communications Omarosa Manigault.
These departures, along with more than 20 others, stemmed from issues ranging from embellished background credentials to past racist comments to lying about contacts with Russians to conflicts of interest to disagreements with the administration.
No presidency has ever had this kind of turnover in its first year, which is probably why no presidency has ever been as totally fantastic and smooth-running as this one.
And just as Porter is leaving, there’s a good chance current chief of staff John Kelly — who reportedly knew about the allegations against Porter since last year and allowed the man to continue handling classified information even though he couldn’t get a security clearance — will be the next one out the door.
It’s all perfect because the key thing people want from their government is abject chaos. Any political scientist will tell you that entropy breeds success.
With that in mind, I’ve prepared an advertisement White House officials can use to promote their new opening and attract the perfect candidate.
This should immediately be posted on the White House’s website, on Ashley Madison, the dating site for people interested in extramarital affairs, and on the walls of correctional facilities across the country:
“Have you always dreamed of being part of something you are in no way qualified, professionally or morally, to handle? Do you love America so much that you would sacrifice time and what little integrity you have to work for her in the hope of raising your profile or unethically enriching yourself?
“If you answered yes to either of those questions or if you recently had a restraining order taken out against you, the Trump Administration might be the place for you. And the good news is … WE’RE HIRING!
“That’s right, thanks to the recent departure and/or indictment of one of our exemplary colleagues, we are looking for a fresh voice to help us MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
“Are you a former reality television star who was despised by viewers? Have you ever spent long evenings anonymously posting online comments detailing your views on the superiority of the white race?
“Do you think President Donald Trump is unbelievably awesome and perfect, and are you willing to tell him that every day or even multiple times a day?
“Then you may already be more than qualified to join our team and jovially mishandle classified information that people risked their lives to obtain. And you’ll get a free hat!
“At the Trump Administration, we want REAL people, not snooty experts or idealistic dreamers who think they can make the world a better place.
“To answer these questions: Are you hopelessly self-centered or toxically masculine? Have you freely associated with agents of unfriendly foreign countries without understanding why that’s such a big deal? Will you do just about anything to ‘trigger the libs?’
“Then you need to contact us right away and see if you qualify — YOU DO! — for a spot in the greatest administration in the history of America and probably everywhere else.
“Benefits include very little actual work, regular opportunities for lying, a comfortable spot on the wrong side of history, free vials of immigrant tears, backstabbing training and zero job security.
“Must be fluent in hypocrisy and lack any sense of self-awareness. No spelling or grammar skills necessary.
“Stupid losers and people from ‘shithole’ countries need not apply.”
rhuppke@chicagotribune.com
Chicago Tribune
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