NEW: The FBI has been examining a violent domestic dispute from nine years ago between acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and his then-wife as part of a background investigation ahead of his possible confirmation hearing.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/18/defense-secretary-fbi-patrick-shanahan-wife-domestic-violence-altercation/1470811001/ …
It seems quite odd that that did not surface back then. Any theories as to why?
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That's a reasonable theory. He was on the commercial airplane side for a while, but I'd guess they'd try to keep his clearance current nevertheless. Could be that part of this started to come up during a periodic reinvestigation...
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