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source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-labor-secretary-pick-puzder-withdraws-abuse-reports-article-1.2973511
Andy Puzder, whom President Trump had tapped to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, withdrew his nomination Wednesday following the emergence of devastating details surrounding spousal abuse allegations his ex-wife had levied against him.
“While I won’t be serving in the administration, I fully support the President and his highly qualified team," Puzder said in a statement released just hours after several top Senate Republicans urged Trump himself to rescind the nomination.
According to CBS News, Puzder had recently told friends that he was “very tired of the abuse” he felt he had received from the media — an unfortunate choice of words that came within moments of the emergence of court documents from Puzder’s 1987 divorce from his ex-wife.
The court documents, revealed earlier Wednesday, contained testimony in which Puzder’s ex-wife Lisa Fierstein alleged Puzder “assaulted and battered” her during a horrifying May 22, 1986 incident “by striking her violently about the face, chest, back, shoulder and neck, without provocation or cause.”
The battery caused “serious and permanent personal injuries” to Fierstein, she said, including “bruises and contusions to the chest, back shoulder, and neck" and "two ruptured discs and two bulging discs" in her back.
Earlier this week, a March 1990 episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" also emerged, showing Fierstein explaining that the executive "vowed revenge" after she leaked spousal abuse allegations to the public.
In the video obtained Tuesday night by Politico, Fierstein, donning a curly wig and oversized sunglasses, explained how fame, money and prestige gives a man's word sway over that of his victim.
"(Puzder) said, 'I will see you in the gutter. This will never be over, you will pay for this,'" said Fierstein, posing under the pseudonym "Ann."
In the hours leading up to Puzder’s announced withdrawal Wednesday, CNN had reported that at least four GOP senators — and as many as 12 — would vote against the fast-food CEO amid growing concerns over Puzder's abuse allegations and his outspoken opposition to raising the federal minimum wage.
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Andy Puzder, whom President Trump had tapped to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, withdrew his nomination Wednesday following the emergence of devastating details surrounding spousal abuse allegations his ex-wife had levied against him.
“While I won’t be serving in the administration, I fully support the President and his highly qualified team," Puzder said in a statement released just hours after several top Senate Republicans urged Trump himself to rescind the nomination.
According to CBS News, Puzder had recently told friends that he was “very tired of the abuse” he felt he had received from the media — an unfortunate choice of words that came within moments of the emergence of court documents from Puzder’s 1987 divorce from his ex-wife.
The court documents, revealed earlier Wednesday, contained testimony in which Puzder’s ex-wife Lisa Fierstein alleged Puzder “assaulted and battered” her during a horrifying May 22, 1986 incident “by striking her violently about the face, chest, back, shoulder and neck, without provocation or cause.”
The battery caused “serious and permanent personal injuries” to Fierstein, she said, including “bruises and contusions to the chest, back shoulder, and neck" and "two ruptured discs and two bulging discs" in her back.
Earlier this week, a March 1990 episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" also emerged, showing Fierstein explaining that the executive "vowed revenge" after she leaked spousal abuse allegations to the public.
In the video obtained Tuesday night by Politico, Fierstein, donning a curly wig and oversized sunglasses, explained how fame, money and prestige gives a man's word sway over that of his victim.
"(Puzder) said, 'I will see you in the gutter. This will never be over, you will pay for this,'" said Fierstein, posing under the pseudonym "Ann."
In the hours leading up to Puzder’s announced withdrawal Wednesday, CNN had reported that at least four GOP senators — and as many as 12 — would vote against the fast-food CEO amid growing concerns over Puzder's abuse allegations and his outspoken opposition to raising the federal minimum wage.
This is the video