Robert R. Porter, the influential former aide to President Trump, will be ordered to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, in the latest sign that congressional Democrats will continue to press the Trump administration on questions related to electoral fraud and obstruction of justice.
Porter’s subpoena is to be announced by the Judiciary committee’s chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. That announcement could come as soon as this afternoon, though it could also come later in the week, or even somewhat later than that.
His subpoena will be the latest of several issued by the influential committee, which has engaged in zealous oversight of the Trump administration. Earlier this month, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Corey Lewandowski, who served as Trump’s first campaign manager during the 2016 presidential campaign, and Rick Dearborn, who was a White House deputy chief of staff in the early days of the administration.
Story continuesPorter has largely remained out of public view since leaving the White House in early 2018 amid allegations by two ex-wives that he had been abusive toward them. Porter has denied those allegations, but has not discussed them at any significant length. He did, however, publish a Wall Street Journal op-ed on trade policy in May. In response, one of his ex-wives wrote in the Washington Post that “Rob’s sudden return to the public eye” was “deeply troubling.
According to White House sources who spoke to this reporter for The Best People, a book about the Trump administration, Porter’s stock rose as McGahn’s fell. Trump was impressed by Porter, who has degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and who was a Rhodes Scholar. He was also a favorite of John Kelly, who succeeded Reince Priebus as the White House chief of staff. By mid-2017, Porter had considerable access to—and influence in—the Oval Office.
“Porter did not reach out to her because he was uncomfortable with the task,” the report says. “Porter did not contact Brand,” it continues a little later, “because he was sensitive to the implications of that action and did not want to be involved in a chain of events associated with an effort to end the investigation or fire the Special Counsel.”
The House Judiciary Committee will likely seize on Porter’s recollections of the Dec. 6 encounter as further evidence that Trump attempted to hamper the Mueller investigation.
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