House Oversight Committee launches probe of Rob Porter scandal as Trump administration story shifts

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The House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into Rob Porter's White House employment while he was being accused of abusing his ex-wives.

The probe comes as the White House, more than a week into the scandal, has continued to offer shifting explanations of the circumstances of Porter's now terminated tenure as a top aide to President Donald Trump.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters Wednesday that the White House "clearly" has "work to do to fix their vetting system."

 

"If a person committing domestic violence gets into government, then there's a breakdown in the system," Ryan said. "There's a breakdown in the vetting system and that breakdown needs to be addressed."

Wednesday morning, the Oversight Committee's chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., sent both White House chief of staff John Kelly and FBI Director Christopher Wray letters asking for details about the security background check of Porter, and the decision to keep him on the job before he quit last week.

Gowdy, in his letters, specifically asked for "the date on which any White House employee became aware of potential derogatory or disqualifying information on Porter from the date of his appointment to February 12, 2018, and which individual was notified."

Gowdy, during an appearance on CNN's "New Day," revealed the Oversight Committee had opened the probe of Porter's employment Tuesday night — hours after Wray contradicted the White House's narrative about the case during an earlier appearance before a Senate committee.

Gowdy, in a letter, noted that Wray had told senators that the FBI's background investigation of Porter ended last year. White House representatives had been saying a background probe was still ongoing at the time of Porter's departure.

Porter, whose job required him to handle sensitive documents, was operating with a temporary security clearance at the time of his departure.

Gowdy's letter said his committee is investigating the policies and processes in which interim security clearances are handled within the executive branch, "and the extent to which any security clearance issued to Porter comported with those policies and processes."

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/14/house-oversight-committee-launches-probe-of-rob-porter-scandal.html

 

ryan's comments fall short, considering who is president. 

[Dashinka 24,848]

isn’t this how it is supposed to work?

[smilesammich 10,727]

12 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

isn’t this how it is supposed to work?

how what is supposed to work? 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Sorry I don't think because some ex accused him of physical and vernal abuse, it means diddly squat.

 

I think that is standard procedure in many divorce cases.

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Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

Sorry I don't think because some ex accused him of physical and vernal abuse, it means diddly squat.

 

I think that is standard procedure in many divorce cases.

some ex? it's two. and it doesn't mean diddly squat if you're trying to get a security clearance. 

 

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1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Sorry I don't think because some ex accused him of physical and vernal abuse, it means diddly squat.

 

I think that is standard procedure in many divorce cases.

So a woman should not divorce a man if he abuses her or ever accuse a man of abuse when he abuses her?

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domestic abuse is a myth. women ruining men's lives, well, that's what it's all about.

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56 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

So a woman should not divorce a man if he abuses her or ever accuse a man of abuse when he abuses her?

Not sure how you got there but

 

I said its standard procedure in divorce cases. I think lawyers automatically include it many times.

 

Is there any proof 

56 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

domestic abuse is a myth. women ruining men's lives, well, that's what it's all about.

Domestic abuse is real. So is many people falsely accusing others of it for monetary gain or pure revenge 

[smilesammich 10,727]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Domestic abuse is real. So is many people falsely accusing others of it for monetary gain or pure revenge 

you should look into some actual statistics on the matter. legitimate abuse is far more prevalent than false accusations.

but first maybe you should read up on the two ex wives accusing him. they didn't just out of the blue whip this stuff up and security clearances aren't denied based on gossip.

it makes sense to me that trump questions the women anyway, that's his m.o. he's a red pill sorta fella. symptom of the tiny hands.

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1 hour ago, smilesammich said:

domestic abuse is a myth. women ruining men's lives, well, that's what it's all about.

Domestic abuse is not a myth, but I thought we still has a presumption of innocence in this country.  Regardless, isn’t the Congress supposed to perform some oversight on the Executive Branch which I believe is what is happening.  Kelly will be out soon, and I suppose Impeachment proceedings will begin on Trump

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Just now, Bill & Katya said:

Domestic abuse is not a myth, but I thought we still has a presumption of innocence in this country.  Regardless, isn’t the Congress supposed to perform some oversight on the Executive Branch which I believe is what is happening.  Kelly will be out soon, and I suppose Impeachment proceedings will begin on Trump

you guys really don't pick up on sarcasm. is it my grammar and poor sentence structure? 

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4 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

you guys really don't pick up on sarcasm. is it my grammar and poor sentence structure? 

As you know, it is very difficult to express sarcasm with words alone.  Regardless, not really sure why this is such a big story, isn’t most of Washington full of people that abuse others?

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1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

As you know, it is very difficult to express sarcasm with words alone.  Regardless, not really sure why this is such a big story, isn’t most of Washington full of people that abuse others?

i don't know, is washington full of men that beat their wives?

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3 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

i don't know, is washington full of men that beat their wives?

See, that was sarcasm (my response).

 

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, Bill & Katya said:

See, that was sarcasm (my response).

 

oh, i just thought you liked to end every response to me with a question. curve ball.