California Rep. Katie Porter, a Democratic candidate for Senate, is facing renewed scrutiny over her ex-husband’s domestic abuse allegations, which included a claim that the congresswoman dumped a pot of “steaming hot potatoes” on his head.Â
Porter has repeatedly denied the abuse allegations, which her then-husband Matt Hoffman made amid a contentious separation and divorce process in 2012 and 2013. But the accusations bubbled back to the surface after multiple former Porter staffers blew the whistle on what they described as Porter’s toxic, emotionally abusive management style.Â
The California Democrat made her survival of domestic abuse a cornerstone of her political persona as she ascended to the House of Representatives. She published a book on Tuesday, delving into her relationship with her ex-husband.
Divorce documents from 2013 obtained by Fox News Digital revealed domestic abuse allegations between Porter and her then-husband, Matt Hoffman, amid their separation when they were still living together.
DEM REP. KATIE PORTER UNDER FIRE FOR TREATMENT OF VETERAN FELLOW AS FORMER STAFFER DECRIES CULTURE OF FEAR
The divorce documents reveal Porter, who is running to replace outgoing Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in the national legislature’s upper chamber, and Hoffman both filed domestic abuse restraining orders against each other.
Hoffman alleged that Porter hit him “in the arm causing a large bruise,” dumped boiling potatoes on his head, and ridiculed him as “too dumb” to have a cell phone. He said that the congresswoman “waited all day, then called the police” and “made false allegations” against him 11 hours after a confrontation while brushing their teeth the day the police were called to their residence.
Hoffman was arrested by police on charges of battery when the police arrived at their residence after the confrontation in April 2013. Porter requested the temporary restraining order the next day.
Porter’s spokesperson, Lindsay Reilly, told Fox News…
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