Skip to main content

White House says it 'could have done better' over Rob Porter allegations

The White House has admitted that it mishandled allegations of domestic abuse against a senior official who was forced to resign on Wednesday.

John Kelly, the chief of staff, and press secretary Sarah Sanders at first defended staff secretary Rob Porter after media reports in which two ex-wives accused him of assault.

But the mood rapidly shifted with the publication of photos showing one of the women with a black eye, making his departure as a key member of West Wing staff inevitable.

“I think it’s fair to say that we all could have done better over the last few hours, or last few days, in dealing with this situation,” deputy press secretary Raj Shah, making his debut on the White House podium, told reporters.

“But, you know, this was a Rob Porter that I and many others have dealt with, that Sarah had dealt with, that other officials including the chief of staff had dealt with, and the emerging reports were not reflective of the individual we had come to know.”


Source :- theguardian

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Legal Protection for Foreign Direct Investments

  homepage    For solid and consistent in progression of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) to Nigeria, the nation has throughout the long term set up cordial lawful system for Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) insurance.  In this Foreign Investors' Guidelines for Doing Business in Nigeria Series, we will inspect the lawful systems set up to support an expanding FDIs inflow and guaranteeing unfamiliar financial backers' trust in the country.  here We will examine unfamiliar financial backers' securities going from assurance of arbitral procedures and other debate goal systems in the country.  The reality with present day financial frameworks is that no nation can be an island monetarily; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) security is extremely vital for the effective achievement of unfamiliar financial backers' business objective(s) and monetary advancement of any economy.   redstateinvesting There are steps that have nations can legitimately take in ...

The Recap: sign up for the best of the Guardian's sport coverage

Let our team of editors be your guide to the best of the Guardian’s award-winning sport coverage from the past week. We’ll email you the stand-out features and interviews, insightful analysis and highlights from the archive, plus films, podcasts, galleries and more – all arriving in your inbox at 12pm every Friday. And we’ll tee you up for the weekend and let you know our live coverage plans so you won’t miss a thing. Source :- theguardian

FIA’s Jean Todt defends Halo F1 system from ‘childish’ Toto Wolff criticism

The president of the FIA, Jean Todt, has issued a robust defence of his organisation’s decision to impose the Halo cockpit protection system on Formula One this season. Todt dismissed criticism from the Mercedes executive director, Toto Wolff, as “childish” and stressed that the FIA would not shy away from making difficult decisions in the interests of safety. The Halo device will make its race debut at the opening round in Melbourne but has attracted criticism on aesthetic grounds and because it is in contradiction of the spirit of an open-cockpit series. Mercedes confidence is an ominous sign after Barcelona F1 testing | Giles Richards Read more Wolff has said he would remove it with a chainsaw if given the opportunity but Todt rejected his stance. “I will not react to whatever has been said. It is simply a childish game,” he said. “It’s very inappropriate, whoever you are, to publicly deny something which is introduced. For me, constructive criticism is always good because it makes ...