[h=2][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HopeHicks has broken up with accused wife beater Rob Porter[/FONT][/h]
[h=1]Downcast Hope Hicks dresses down in a $70 safari jacket and all-black outfit as she is seen for the first time since it was revealed she has broken up with accused wife beater Rob Porter[/h]
[h=1]Downcast Hope Hicks dresses down in a $70 safari jacket and all-black outfit as she is seen for the first time since it was revealed she has broken up with accused wife beater Rob Porter[/h]
- The White House communications director, 29, left for work on Thursday a little after 7 in a casual jacket worn over a black turtleneck and matching pants
- Hicks kept her eyes trained ahead of herself as she walked towards the park car waiting for her outside her Washington, D.C. residence
- DailyMail.com revealed exclusively on Wednesday that Hope and former staff secretary Rob Porter are no longer dating
- Two sources with direct knowledge of the bygone relationship's status revealed that Hope ended things with Rob after his exit from the White House
- Porter's ex-wives told DailyMail.com that he had abused and assaulted them
- The White House initially defended him, with Hicks in the room when glowing statements were drafted
- 'Hope is smarter than some people give her credit for,' said one White House official who called her an 'incredibly strong woman'
- The pair started their romance in the fall; Porter's then-girlfriend learned about it by discovering her cheating paramours' text messages
