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Katie Porter denies dumping potatoes on ex-husband in renewed domestic abuse scrutiny - Denver Gazette
July 10, 2025 - Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) denied allegations on Thursday that she was abusive to her ex-husband. It was alleged that she dumped a pot of hot potatoes on his head. Matt Hoffman, Porter’s ex-husband, accused the congresswoman of hitting him in ...
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Do you think Katie Porter's history of abuse against her staff and her staff should disqualify her from the California Senate seat?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11934223/Allegations-Democrat-Katie-Porters-abusive-marriage-resurface.html But after reports claimed she used abusive language toward staff, her divorce documents have resurfaced to DailyMail.com. Even for a tabloid, that is terrible writing. ...and they are taking a long, long time getting to any accusations of abuse to her staff. Why do they care so much about her wearing a BatGirl costume in 2019? Last year text messages came to light where an angry Porter told a staffer, Wounded Warrior fellow Sasha Georgiades 'You gave me Covid' and told her not to return to the office. As a boss, Georgiades, who spent two years with Porter's office, told DailyMail.com she felt Porter was 'very dismissive' and 'short-tempered.' 'It didn't really take much to make her upset,' Georgiades said, recounting a time when she wrote a brief for a call Porter was about to place to congratulate a student on being accepted to a service academy. 'I forgot to change 'she' to 'he' on a brief,' she said, 'I just forgot to change one part ... I got in trouble for that because I would have ruined her phone call to this kid. It's like, why are you yelling at me?' That's not much. ...and now they are back to the husband's allegations. They are clearly sandwiching the staffer's quotes between more sensational accusations from the husband in an attempt to obscure how little there is from the staffer. Porter filed for - and won - a temporary emergency protective order against her husband. Hoffman, in turn, filed his own domestic violence restraining order. Both claimed the other had filed one in retaliation to better their standing with the law. Yep. That is a perfectly valid reason to doubt the claims. In 2014, the pair came to an agreement: Porter would pay her ex-husband spousal and child support, and they would share custody of the children - 70 percent of the time with Porter and 30 percent with Hoffman. ...and that makes it look like the court was siding with Porter. (If the court was convinced by the allegations of abusive behavior, then he could have gotten more than 30 percent custody. The deal hints that he couldn't.) Porter's campaign notes that according to a petitioner's brief, Hoffman regretted making the allegations against his wife as they were hashing out a custody and financial agreement. ...and that's a retraction. ...and that's the end. TL;DR: Many people hurl awful accusations at each other during divorce proceedings; they are to be taken with a grain of salt. In this case, the accusations against Porter seem to have been retracted. The staffer's description is not a description of abusive behavior. Furthermore, this article is clearly deliberately constructed to suggest that there is a history of accusations of abuse against her staff, but there wasn't. The author was hoping to trick you, and they succeeded. (You should stop reading tabloids.) More on reddit.com
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Calif Rep Katie Porter's ex-husband stands by domestic abuse allegations against her, contradicting campaign
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Katie Porter Announces Senate Run Despite Recent Allegations of Workplace Abuse

Oh boy it’s this story again about a “proud veteran staffer” who had to break office Covid protocols to go to a funeral.

I’m catching the vapors on persecution of such an injustice. I can’t believe Porter would be upset that she got Covid because of this incident and would reprimand said employee for breaking policy. /s

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Fox News huh? Very sus post OP.

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Los Angeles Times
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As questions of temperament persist, Katie Porter tries to regain edge - Los Angeles Times
3 weeks ago - shared details of her 2013 divorce with the Huffington Post, including that her ex-husband, Matthew Hoffman, physically intimidated and verbally abused her. Hoffman also claimed to be the victim of abuse, including an incident in which Porter ...
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Katie Porter Knows Who's Leaking Info About Her Allegedly Abusing Staffers...but Also Not Really
3 weeks ago - Porter is accused of domestic abuse, with stories of pouring scalding hot potatoes on her ex-husband, yelling at staffers during interviews, and struggling to handle softball interviews.
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Katie Porter CBS meltdown: Abuse allegations resurface, former rep once dumped boiling potatoes on ex-husband's head | Hindustan Times
October 9, 2025 - Her former husband, Matthew Hoffman, previously claimed that the ex-Congresswoman often abused him verbally and even threw “toys, books and other objects” at him during their marriage.
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Katie Porter Abuse Allegations Resurface After Interview Outburst - Newsweek
October 9, 2025 - The video had gone viral on X, where some users, including prominent Republicans, resurfaced allegations of abuse against Porter. Those include allegations made during her divorce with ex-husband Matthew Hoffman, such as him accusing her of ...
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reddit.com › r/askaliberal › do you think katie porter's history of abuse against her staff and her staff should disqualify her from the california senate seat?
r/AskALiberal on Reddit: Do you think Katie Porter's history of abuse against her staff and her staff should disqualify her from the California Senate seat?
April 13, 2023 -

It's been widely reported that Katie Porter is abusive to her staff, but recently her divorce papers have come out which show she poured boiling water on her husband, and called him 'too stupid to use a cell phone'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11934223/Allegations-Democrat-Katie-Porters-abusive-marriage-resurface.html

Should she drop out or should she fight these allegations?

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11934223/Allegations-Democrat-Katie-Porters-abusive-marriage-resurface.html But after reports claimed she used abusive language toward staff, her divorce documents have resurfaced to DailyMail.com. Even for a tabloid, that is terrible writing. ...and they are taking a long, long time getting to any accusations of abuse to her staff. Why do they care so much about her wearing a BatGirl costume in 2019? Last year text messages came to light where an angry Porter told a staffer, Wounded Warrior fellow Sasha Georgiades 'You gave me Covid' and told her not to return to the office. As a boss, Georgiades, who spent two years with Porter's office, told DailyMail.com she felt Porter was 'very dismissive' and 'short-tempered.' 'It didn't really take much to make her upset,' Georgiades said, recounting a time when she wrote a brief for a call Porter was about to place to congratulate a student on being accepted to a service academy. 'I forgot to change 'she' to 'he' on a brief,' she said, 'I just forgot to change one part ... I got in trouble for that because I would have ruined her phone call to this kid. It's like, why are you yelling at me?' That's not much. ...and now they are back to the husband's allegations. They are clearly sandwiching the staffer's quotes between more sensational accusations from the husband in an attempt to obscure how little there is from the staffer. Porter filed for - and won - a temporary emergency protective order against her husband. Hoffman, in turn, filed his own domestic violence restraining order. Both claimed the other had filed one in retaliation to better their standing with the law. Yep. That is a perfectly valid reason to doubt the claims. In 2014, the pair came to an agreement: Porter would pay her ex-husband spousal and child support, and they would share custody of the children - 70 percent of the time with Porter and 30 percent with Hoffman. ...and that makes it look like the court was siding with Porter. (If the court was convinced by the allegations of abusive behavior, then he could have gotten more than 30 percent custody. The deal hints that he couldn't.) Porter's campaign notes that according to a petitioner's brief, Hoffman regretted making the allegations against his wife as they were hashing out a custody and financial agreement. ...and that's a retraction. ...and that's the end. TL;DR: Many people hurl awful accusations at each other during divorce proceedings; they are to be taken with a grain of salt. In this case, the accusations against Porter seem to have been retracted. The staffer's description is not a description of abusive behavior. Furthermore, this article is clearly deliberately constructed to suggest that there is a history of accusations of abuse against her staff, but there wasn't. The author was hoping to trick you, and they succeeded. (You should stop reading tabloids.)
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Do you think Katie Porter's history of abuse against her staff and her staff... ...but what about her staff? ...and -- while we are on the subject -- have you heard anything about her staff? I would also like to know about her staff, her staff, her staff, and her staff.
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r/California_Politics on Reddit: Calif Rep Katie Porter's ex-husband stands by domestic abuse allegations against her, contradicting campaign
April 14, 2023 - Just because most non-Conservatives are not reporting the allegation doesn't mean it hasn't been made: Here is KABC reporting it too:https://www.kabc.com/2023/04/14/rep-katie-porter-denies-claims-that-she-is-emotionally-and-physically-abusive-to-ex/ The husband has made those allegations during what seems like was an ugly divorce.
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Katie Porter files restraining order against ex-boyfriend, alleging 'persistent abuse' - POLITICO
November 27, 2024 - Katie Porter obtained a temporary ... restraining order, filed Tuesday with the Orange County Superior Court, Porter alleged Julian Willis, her romantic partner of several years, sent a litany of abusive messages with the intent ...
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Ex-Rep. Katie Porter — who once allegedly attacked hubby ...
March 11, 2025 - During a heated marital fight in 2006, Porter mocked Hoffman for not being able to “read the f–king instructions” while preparing dinner — and later carried over a “ceramic bowl of steaming hot potatoes and dumped it on my head, burning ...
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Calif Rep Katie Porter's ex-husband stands by domestic abuse allegations against her, contradicting campaign | Fox News
The allegations against Porter include claims that she dumped hot potatoes on her then-husband's head and smashed a glass that led to him being cut by flying shards. Porter has separately faced accusations of running a toxic, emotionally abusive ...
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Katie Porter Allegedly Called Ex-Husband "F---ing Idiot," Dumped Hot Mashed Potatoes on Him
October 10, 2025 - The hits just keep on coming for Katie Porter ... the embattled candidate for California governor allegedly lost her s**t at her ex-husband years ago ... who says she called him dumb and poured hot mashed potatoes on him, burning his scalp ... ...
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Report: Unearthed Divorce Filings Reveal Allegations Democrat Katie Porter Abused Ex-Husband - California Political Review
April 14, 2023 - Now, just months after her campaign’s launch, documents regarding her divorce from ex-husband Matthew Hoffman found their way to the Daily Mail. Hoffman’s jaw-dropping accusations include accounts of Porter allegedly causing physical harm ...
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Katie Porter's past abuse claim of 'dumping boiling potatoes on ex-husband’s head' resurfaces after she walks out of Donald Trump voter interview
October 9, 2025 - Following Katie Porter's viral interview walkout, social media users, particularly prominent Republicans, have surfaced past abuse allegations linked to her divorce from her ex-husband, Matthew Hoffman.
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Katie Porter targeted ‘softer spoken’ underlings for abuse, was ‘downright mean’, ex-staffer warns voters - AOL
October 11, 2025 - Facebook/Katie Porter · The explosive former congresswoman was also accused of having a short fuse by her ex-husband, with whom she has three children, who described in a restraining order how she had once allegedly dumped steaming mashed potatoes ...