Article snippet: A Democratic congressman who was a staff secretary in the Clinton White House said President FBI's scrutiny of prospective White House staff for security clearance is so thorough that Trump administration officials must have known that Porter had been accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives. “That process is incredibly exacting,” Maloney said. “And these guys knew in the first month of the administration about a fact pattern that would have permanently disqualified him from doing the job. He never should have been in the chair.” “I did that job," Maloney said of the staff secretary position. "When I did that, the FBI sent agents from the Montevideo field office in Uruguay to the small Peruvian village where I worked with the Jesuits between college and law school” as part of the background check to approve his security clearance. Porter resigned last week amid multiple allegations of domestic abuse by two ex-wives, although he refuted what he called the "outrageous allegations" that are "simply false." Multiple sources told ABC News that senior members of Trump's administration knew for months that there was a personal issue hanging over Porter that delayed his receiving a White House security clearance. However, although senior White House staff were aware of the domestic abuse allegations by Porter’s ex-wives, they did not know the full extent of the claims, senior administration officials said. Deputy press secretary Raj Shah said in the White Hous... Link to the full article to read more