A Second White House Official Has Resigned Over Domestic Abuse Allegations
Days after a White House official stepped down over allegations of domestic abuse, a second White House official has stepped down over allegations of domestic abuse.
Per The Washington Post, mere days after the Rob Porter scandal burst wide, David Sorensen––a speechwriter––resigned as they were working on a news item about his ex-wife’s domestic abuse allegation:
Corbett first contacted The Post a week before Porter’s case became public. She said that during her marriage to Sorensen, he ran a car over her foot, put out a cigarette on her hand, threw her into a wall and grasped her menacingly by her hair while they were alone on their boat in remote waters off Maine’s coast, an incident she said left her fearing for her life. During part of their marriage, he was a top policy adviser to Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage.
She said she did not report her abuse allegations to police because of Sorenson’s connections to law enforcement officials.
Jessica Corbett provided WaPo with text messages, emails, and “a photo of her hand bearing a scar she said was from the cigarette burn” he gave her.
Sorensen has issued a statement vehemently denying the allegations and claims “I was the victim of repeated physical violence during our marriage, not her.”
He too apparently shared photos with WaPo, “of what he said were injuries his ex-wife inflicted upon him during their fights, including bruises and scrapes.”
Other news outlets have confirmed Sorensen’s departure:
White House confirms to @BuzzFeedNews a second aide, speechwriter David Sorensen has resigned.
"Before we were contacted by the media, we learned last night that there were allegations. We immediately confronted the staffer, he denied the allegations and he resigned today."
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) February 10, 2018
CNN confirms that David Sorenson, a member of the administration’s speechwriting team, has resigned after being accused of domestic abuse, becoming the second official to step down over such in the last 48 hours.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 10, 2018
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