A White House speechwriter resigned Friday amid allegations of domestic abuse, the second such departure this week.
David Sorensen stepped down after his ex-wife, Jessica Corbett, told the Washington Post that Sorensen had physically and emotionally abused her during their two-and-a-half year marriage. Corbett said she had informed the FBI of the alleged abuse last fall. Sorensen denied the allegations, the Post reported, and claimed that he was abused by her.
“Before we were contacted by the media, we learned last night that there were allegations,” the White House deputy press secretary, Raj Shah, said in a statement. “We immediately confronted the staffer, he denied the allegations and he resigned today.”
Source :- theguardian
David Sorensen stepped down after his ex-wife, Jessica Corbett, told the Washington Post that Sorensen had physically and emotionally abused her during their two-and-a-half year marriage. Corbett said she had informed the FBI of the alleged abuse last fall. Sorensen denied the allegations, the Post reported, and claimed that he was abused by her.
“Before we were contacted by the media, we learned last night that there were allegations,” the White House deputy press secretary, Raj Shah, said in a statement. “We immediately confronted the staffer, he denied the allegations and he resigned today.”
Source :- theguardian
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