The FBI was investigating a violent 2010 fight between Shanahan and his now-ex wife, but accounts of what happened differ
Trump tweeted that Shanahan was taking himself out of consideration for Defense Secretary to “devote more time to his family.”: Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has pulled out of consideration to lead the Pentagon after several media reports made public incidents of domestic violence in his family.
But the process was delayed because the FBI was investigating a 2010 domestic violence episode that came up during a background check. Shanahan’s ex-wife, Kimberly Shanahan, was arrested and charged with domestic violence for punching her husband, according to . She says he punched her in the stomach, which he denies. Authorities later dropped the charges against her.reported another incident of violence, where Shanahan’s son was arrested for brutally beating his mother, Shanahan’s ex-wife, with a baseball bat. After the incident, Shanahan worked to defend his son.
“Though my marriage ended in sorrow and disappointment, I never laid a hand on my then-wife and cooperated fully in a thorough law enforcement investigation that resulted in her being charged with assault against me,” Shanahan said in a statement to
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