White House officials said they learned of the accusations by Sorensen’s wife Thursday night, before The Post’s inquiries. Senior White House officials and the FBI knew about the allegations for months, raising questions about why he was allowed to remain in his post. Sorensen, a former spokesman for Maine House Republicans and the state party, was also a spokesman for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. On Nov. 18, a month after Lauren LePage’s wedding, the governor hired Sorensen as a policy adviser whose portfolio included domestic violence. LePage has called domestic abuse, which he suffered as a child,”the most heinous of all crimes in society.” Domestic violence accounts for roughly half of Maine’s homicides, according to state statistics.

Source: thestar February 10, 2018 01:41 UTC