Tag: abuse allegations

Gillibrand: If Trump wants due process, we’ll have hearings on allegations against him

The following article by Jacqueline Thomsen was posted on the Hill website February 10, 2018:

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) went after President Trump on Saturday for his tweet questioning a lack of “due process” in abuse claims, saying that Congress could hold hearings about sexual misconduct allegations against him if he wanted due process.

“The President has shown through words and actions that he doesn’t value women. It’s not surprising that he doesn’t believe survivors or understand the national conversation that is happening,” Gillibrand tweeted. Continue reading “Gillibrand: If Trump wants due process, we’ll have hearings on allegations against him”

‘Very turbulent’: Trump and White House consumed with turmoil amid abuse allegations

The following article by Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey was posted on the Washington Post website February 9, 2018:

White House officials said Chief of Staff John F. Kelly told them to give information about staff secretary Rob Porter’s ouster that contradicts other reports. (Joyce Koh/The Washington Post)

The White House was engulfed in chaos Friday as officials scrambled to contain the fallout from its management of domestic violence allegations against staff secretary Rob Porter, even as President Trump lavished praise on the now-departed senior aide and suggested he may be innocent.

And amid the tumult, the man whose mission had been to enforce order in the West Wing, Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, was focused instead on a more personal goal — to save his job — as Trump seriously sounded out confidants about possible replacements. Continue reading “‘Very turbulent’: Trump and White House consumed with turmoil amid abuse allegations”