A top White House aide has resigned after DailyMail.com* published allegations that he physically abused two ex-wives:

One of President Trump's top aides—White House staff secretary Rob Porter—has resigned amid allegations of abuse against his ex-wives. The president has accepted his resignation, but his last day is not yet set, White House official says. — Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) February 7, 2018

While the publication that initially reported the allegations—the Daily Mail—is sometimes unreliable, an editor at the investigative site the Intercept indicated Wednesday that his publication has confirmed the Daily Mail’s reporting :

Senior White House aide Rob Porter physically assaulted two ex-wives, they tell @theintercept. Full story to come in the morning.



His first wife, Colbie Holderness, provided these photos from a vacation they took together in Florence, Italy: pic.twitter.com/tl3TbyGA8Y — Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) February 7, 2018

(Update, 2:45 p.m.: See the Intercept’s full story—which includes corroborating details that didn’t appear in the Daily Mail—here.)

Porter, the White House staff secretary, is reportedly close to chief of staff John Kelly; the New York Times reported last September that Porter had been “empowered” by Kelly to streamline the Trump White House’s “tangled policy-making process.” (One of his jobs was vetting the documents that cross Trump’s desk.)

Citing interviews as well as a police complaint, photos, and a blog post, the Daily Mail documented allegations that Porter “dragged” his second wife, Jennifer Willoughby, out of a shower during an argument and, on another occasion, punched a glass window while he was present in their apartment in violation of a separation agreement. (Update, 3 p.m.: The Intercept story suggests that Porter was technically outside the apartment when he punched the window but that he had violated the separation agreement earlier on the same day.) The Daily Mail quotes ex-wife Colbie Holderness, meanwhile, as saying that Porter held her down and choked her during arguments and once punched her in the face during a vacation.

Porter told the Daily Mail that its reporting was “slanderous and simply false” and said Wednesday in announcing his resignation that the allegations are “simply false” and constitute an “coordinated smear campaign.”

Porter joins a list of current and former Trump-world figures who have been accused of violence against women that includes former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, former White House adviser Steve Bannon, and Trump himself.