Trump on Porter: ‘We hope he has a great career ahead of him’
President Trump praised the work of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter on Friday, saying he hopes Porter — who resigned after reports surfaced that he abused his ex-wives — has a “great career ahead of him.”
“Well, we wish him well. He worked very hard,” Trump said of Porter when asked by reporters about the staff secretary’s resignation this week.
“I found out about it very recently and I was surprised by it. But we certainly wish him well, obviously a tough time for him,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “He did a very good job when he was in the White House and we hope he has a wonderful, hopefully, he has a great career ahead of him.”
“But it was very sad when we heard about it, and certainly he’s also very sad now,” he added. {mosads}
While Porter acknowledged in a statement that he took the pictures, he’s said that “the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described.”
The abuse allegations became public after the Daily Mail reported that Porter was dating White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s longest-serving aides.
Both Hicks and Kelly were in the Oval Office Friday as Trump made his comments.
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