Rob Porter: Personal Life
Rob Porter was born on October 25, 1977, and grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. His father, Roger B. Porter, was also a former assistant to President George H. W. Bush in addition to being the IBM Professor of Business and Government at Harvard University and a House Master at Dunster House, a Harvard residential dormitory.
Rob Porter, after graduating from high school, interned in the U.S. Senate. He studied Government while attending Harvard University and also served as President of the Harvard Republican Club. Porter has quite an impressive record of extracurricular activities.He began a two-year stint as a Mormon missionary in London after his freshman year at Harvard.
He even completed an internship at THE White House during the summer of his junior year, and also managed to work for the Domestic Policy Council. Porter graduated from Harvard along with the class of 2002. As a Rhodes Scholar, studying Political Theory at the University of Oxford, he focused his thesis research on C. S. Lewis.
Rob Porter grew up as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is married twice and divorced twice. Recently, he has been dating Hope Hicks, White House Communication Director.
Rob Porter: Professional Life
Porter has had the opportunity of working with Senators including Mike Lee and Rob Portman. Starting March 2014, Rob Porter started serving as the chief of the staff for Senator Orrin Hatch.
After creating an impressive CV, he was able to work with President Donald Trump as the President's White House Staff Secretary from the January of 2017.
But after public allegations of domestic abuse from his two ex-wives, Colbie Holderness and Jennifer Willoughby, the 40-year-old Porter resigned from his post of White House staff secretary.
President Trump himself commented that Porter had done a "very good job" while he was working at the White House besides him and wishes him well.
Rob Porter: News and Updates
Surrounded by allegations of violation and domestic abuse from his two ex-wives, one of the top assistants of President Donald Trump, Rob Porter has resigned from his post.
He has denied any such claims and accusations. But his ex-wives have reported that he has harassed them both physically and mentally.
After his first wife, Colbie Holderness stated that he has punched her during a trip to Florence in early 2000s, and even choked her few times, his second wife, Jennifer Willoughby reported to a website that Porter had thrown in many curse words at her during their honeymoon.
The former White House staff, who is dating Hope Hicks, Has stated these allegations to be “simply false” and “outrageous”.
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