Trump, the (alleged) wifebeater, & the pornstar

To be honest, I hadn't been paying much attention to political news. But I do try to watch the cable news channels regularly, therefore I knew the latest political controversy was about a wifebeater. There's so many characters associated with the Trump administration, so many names, that is hard to keep up. Thus my brain hasn't bothered to remember this particular (alleged) perpetrator's name.  

Today, I finally bothered to learn the (alleged) wifebeater's name; Rob Porter. It appears we have a White House where a wifebeater (Mr. Porter) was able to work without security clearance for more than a year. As a result, the House Oversight Committee (which is led by a republican) is launching an investigation:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/02/14/house-oversight-is-investigating-the-white-houses-handling-of-rob-porter-gowdy-says/"The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Wednesday morning that the committee is investigating the White House’s employment of senior aide Rob Porter, after allegations emerged that Porter abused his two ex-wives."
In addition, according to the FBI, the Trump White House lied about it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/politics/rob-porter-fbi-background-check.html
"WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, said on Tuesday that the bureau delivered final results in January of its background investigation into Rob Porter, the staff secretary who resigned in disgrace amid spousal abuse allegations. But the White House allowed Mr. Porter to continue serving in his post until the accusations surfaced publicly in press reports last week."

Also, the Stormy Daniels pornstar story is back in the news. 
A story which has never made much sense to me. I.e. what did Trump do with Stormy that would require a $130,000 pay out?

But anyways, today's news is Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen paid off the porn star (from his own pocket) out of the goodness of his heart (?): 
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43055995
"The long-term personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump has admitted privately paying an adult film star $130,000 (£95,000) in 2016, in a statement to US media.

It follows US media reports that the porn actress known as Stormy Daniels was paid to sign an agreement stopping her discussing an alleged affair.

She first said she had a relationship with Mr Trump in a 2011 interview."

So yeah, on this Valentine's Day, a day in which we celebrate love and a sorta special holiday to show our appreciation & passion for women, Trump is forcing us to deal with men who beat their wives, & with men who pay off porn stars.