{"id":400187,"date":"2018-02-09T19:49:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=400187"},"modified":"2018-02-09T19:49:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:49:10","slug":"trump-praises-aide-accused-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/trump-praises-aide-accused-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump praises aide accused of abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
US President Donald Trump has praised a former aide who resigned this week amid allegations of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n
“We wish him well,” he said in his first public remarks about the claims against ex-White House staff secretary Rob Porter. “He worked very hard.”<\/p>\n
Questions are being asked about who in the White House knew what and when about the Porter accusations.<\/p>\n
One ex-wife says he gave her a black eye. Another filed a restraining order, she says. Mr Porter, 40, denies it.<\/p>\n
Despite the accusations, he received interim security clearance to act as gatekeeper to the US president.<\/p>\n