agent a set of photographs that showed her with a black eye that she said Mr. Porter had given her.) Mr. Kelly did not say what was in the initial cache of information sent by the F.B.I. But Mr. Kelly said that he had not personally known about accusations against Mr. Porter until the afternoon of Feb. 6. On Friday, current and former White House officials disputed the timeline Mr. Kelly gave, and said that Mr. Porter was never outright fired, as Mr. Kelly has privately suggested. Mr. Kelly declined to discuss questions that have arisen about security clearances since Mr. Porter resigned.

Source: New York Times March 02, 2018 21:33 UTC