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The Rob Porter scandal kept escalating on February 13 as the White House faced fresh scrutiny over what senior aides knew, when they knew it, and why the official story kept wobbling. What started as a personnel matter had become a test of whether the Trump White House could tell a coherent truth for even one news cycle.
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The Rob Porter scandal kept escalating on February 13 as the White House faced fresh scrutiny over what senior aides knew, when they knew it, and why the official story kept wobbling. What started as a personnel matter had become a test of whether the Trump White House could tell a coherent truth for even one news cycle.
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The Rob Porter scandal kept escalating on February 13 as the White House faced fresh scrutiny over what senior aides knew, when they knew it, and why the official story kept wobbling. What started as a personnel matter had become a test of whether the Trump White House could tell a coherent truth for even one news cycle.
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