it. The whitehouse had no choice. The man was working with highly sensitive material without security clearance and no clearance in sight.

He had to go.

Abusing women is A-Fucking-Okay with the Trumpers.

He could probably have been fired, since he was in a relatively high position, and the notoriety affected the organization.

I would think that a low level government employee cannot be fired for spousal abuse unless it has resulted in a misdemeanor conviction.

Most low level employees in corporations could not be fired under the same circumstances. HR would fear the wrongful termination lawsuits.

And I doubt that union contracts or civil service regulations would allow firing without a criminal conviction of some sort.

The ex-girlfriend works for the federal government and after seeing Porter remaining at WH for over a year, she contacted the exes to confirm that they had reported his abusive behavior to FBI. She then contacted Don McGahn and FBI. When it was apparent he was being protected in his position, the three of them apparently then reached out to media, getting Daily Mail to report before any American media outlet cleared the story.

Linda Chavez, who worked in Bush Admin, stated that Kelly should resign and Porter should be investigated for lying to FBI.