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FBI says it warned White House about Rob Porter in March ’17
Associated Press ^ | Apr 26, 2018, 8:25 PM ET | Jill Colvin

Posted on 04/26/2018 7:42:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The FBI first flagged “derogatory information” about Rob Porter, one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, to the White House counsel’s office in March 2017, according to a new timeline provided by the FBI to Congress and publicly released Thursday.

The timeline raises new questions about the White House’s handling of spousal abuse allegations against Porter, the former staff secretary. The administration has offered several contradictory accounts of who knew what and when about the allegations.

Porter was forced to resign in February after the allegations by his ex-wives were made public by the Daily Mail. He has denied them.

According to the timeline, outlined in a letter to the House Oversight Committee earlier this month, the FBI provided a “partial report” about Porter to White House counsel Don McGahn on March 3, 2017. That report included “derogatory information” about Porter, but the letter does not specify exactly what it said. A White House official suggested Thursday that McGahn had not read it. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: deepstate; fbi; porter
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1 posted on 04/26/2018 7:42:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Anything done by the FBI after inauguration day is automatically suspect and probably a lie.


2 posted on 04/26/2018 7:46:18 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino

ditto anything from AP


3 posted on 04/26/2018 7:47:28 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: Olog-hai

Are there contemporaneous police reports? Has it gone to court at all? Nope. This is still the USA and the man is innocent until proven guilty.


4 posted on 04/26/2018 7:50:24 PM PDT by tiki
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To: Olog-hai

Who is leaking this stuff and why?

I don’t see where this helps the FBI’s image. They are apparently a hotbed of gossip.


5 posted on 04/26/2018 7:51:44 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Nothing will help the FBI image.


6 posted on 04/26/2018 7:54:01 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Olog-hai

The FBI? They are more suspicious than Porter.


7 posted on 04/26/2018 7:54:18 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: Olog-hai

Comey was Director at the time. That’s all you need to know. Funny that they claim they passed info on regarding Porter, but they don’t ever seem to be able to properly follow-up on tips and complaints from concerned citizens about potential terrorists, or mass shooters.


8 posted on 04/26/2018 7:55:24 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Olog-hai

This is just more petty BS by the msm. Who really gives a flying F about this?


9 posted on 04/26/2018 7:57:01 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: Olog-hai

The FBI also “warned” the President about a completely made-up piece of opposition research that they presented as intelligence product to the FISA court in order to set up a spying operation to bug and surveil him 24-7 during his political campaign and then hand over the fruits of that surveillance to his political opponent, Hillary Clinton.


10 posted on 04/26/2018 7:57:03 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Olog-hai

“...timeline, outlined in a letter to the House Oversight Committee earlier this month, the FBI provided a “partial report” about Porter to White House counsel Don McGahn on March 3, 2017. That report included “derogatory information” about Porter, but the letter does not specify exactly what it said....”
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Jeez...unspecified “derogatory information”? Hmmmm...two speeding tickets? Friggin’ FBI is filled with despicable agendanistas trying their best to promote whatever narrative they think will damage the Trump administration!


11 posted on 04/26/2018 7:59:23 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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Given the reputation of today’s FBI, I’d want a second and a third independent opinion if they warned me about 0sama Bin Ladin, Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson.

If you want people to pay attention to what you say, Try to have a little bit of a reputation for integrity.


12 posted on 04/26/2018 8:18:34 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Olog-hai

I dont care.


13 posted on 04/26/2018 8:23:09 PM PDT by raiderboy
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To: Olog-hai

J. Edgar Hoover warned the White House about Communists. James Comey warned the White House about staff members’ domestic problems while ignoring Communists and terrorists.


14 posted on 04/26/2018 8:37:33 PM PDT by Fedora
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And the U.S. Senate was “warned” that Ted Kennedy KILLED a staffer he was schlonging...and they did NOTHING about it.


15 posted on 04/26/2018 8:38:05 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Olog-hai

Sorry, AP...your past performance renders anything you say as unworthy of my attention.. True or not.


16 posted on 04/26/2018 8:57:26 PM PDT by chiller (If liberals didn't have double standards, they'd have none at all.)
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written by Jill Colvin. enough said.
as if anyone cares about this garbage, except for FakeNewsMSM.


17 posted on 04/26/2018 9:14:56 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Olog-hai

Seems like numerous parties contacted the FBI about the parkland shooter. We all know the FBI is a bunch of lying apparachects who cares what they think. Oh remember 9/11 how they botched that. There are two gaping hole in the middle of Manhattan they are reminder these people suck at what they do


18 posted on 04/26/2018 10:55:14 PM PDT by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: Olog-hai

This is the same FBI that didn’t warn ANYONE about Hillary Clinton in:

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This bitch had been doing shady things since Watergate, when she got fired on Capital Hill.

The list was of things she’s been involved in is as long as my arm.

Gary Aldrich had a few things to say. So did plenty of others.

The FBI has about as much credibility these days as Rosy O’Donnel.


19 posted on 04/26/2018 10:59:59 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe so but who trusts the FBI these days? Surely no one on the right does. It’s a leftwing, elitist organization.


20 posted on 04/27/2018 4:26:05 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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