A lawsuit accusing the Department of Education of discrimination in its revision of college sexual assault guidelines is now using as ammunition President Donald Trump’s defense of his former staff secretary, Rob Porter. Porter resigned from his White House job earlier this month after his security clearance was held up by accusations of domestic violence from both of his former wives. Trump, however, praised Porter and implied he may have been “falsely accused.” Porter denied the women’s accusations. Trump’s comments are now being cited in the lawsuit as evidence of the administration’s “disbelief of women and girls” and its “disregard for gender-based violence.” The lawsuit challenges new guidelines on sexual assault claims at universities.

Source: Huffington Post February 24, 2018 04:52 UTC