White House: Trump Has "Full Confidence" In Chief Of Staff John Kelly

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Donald Trump trotted out White House adviser Kellyanne Conway to defend this week's debacle surrounding the resignation of White House staff secretary Rob Porter.

In the aftermath of Porter's departure, questions linger about Chief of Staff John Kelly's handling of the incident.

Conway made the round of the Sunday morning talk shows on ABC, CNN and Fox News.

Via The Washington Post:

Senior White House aides insisted Sunday that President Trump remains confident in Chief of Staff John F. Kelly amid staff turmoil and said the president is not looking to replace the retired four-star general hired six months ago with a mandate to corral chaos.

“I spoke with the president last night about this very issue, and he wanted me to reemphasize to everyone, including this morning, that he has full confidence in his current chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly, and that he is not actively looking for replacements,” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said in an interview on ABC's “This Week.”

She added that Trump also remains confident in communications director Hope Hicks, a long-serving aide under scrutiny for her role in the White House response to spousal abuse allegations against former staff secretary Rob Porter, with whom she had a romantic relationship.

Porter resigned or was fired Wednesday, a day after Kelly had defended him as “a man of honor” in a statement in which Hicks apparently had a hand.

White House Counselor to the President @KellyannePolls tells @GStephanopoulos she spoke with Pres. Trump last night and “he has full confidence in his current chief of staff, General John Kelly…he also has full confidence in Hope Hicks, his communications director.” #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/hMsIHWgFUf

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 11, 2018

Conway got rather defensive when asked whether Donald Trump's own accusers have had their "due process:"

Responding to @SenGillibrand’s tweet that Congress should hold hearings with women who have accused Pres. Trump of sexual assault, @KellyannePolls tells @GStephanopoulos “Those accusers have had their day…I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else.” #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/iefif4Nh4q

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 11, 2018