The acting defense secretary stepped down hours after reports surfaced of domestic abuse allegations against him
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however, appear to have made his position untenable. According to the paper, the FBI was in the middle of investigating an incident between Shanahan and his then-wife,in which an argument ended in physical violence. In a police report, each claimed the other was the aggressor. Jordinson was eventually charged with domestic assault, though the charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Strangely, neither incident was mentioned during Shanahan’s nomination to acting secretary. Several senatorsthat they believed the Trump administration deliberately withheld Shanahan’s history during the nomination process. “Trust me, I’d remember. And the FBI vetting process is thorough,” an ex-staffer for the Senate Armed Services Committee told the outlet. “If these domestic issues are as serious as being reported, SASC would have been told.
that the White House Counsel’s Office and other top officials have known about Shanahan’s divorce records for “more than a month.” Trump said he first found out about the allegations on Monday.
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