Andrew Puzder, Trump's Pick for Labor Department, Was Accused of Abusing Wife

[Miles Archer]

Andrew Puzder, Trump's Pick for Labor Department, Was Accused of Abusing Wife

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2016/12/08/andrew-puzder-trump-pick-for-labor-department-was-accused-of-abusing-wife



Andrew Puzder, the St. Louis attorney who rose to become CEO of Carl's Jr. and now stands as Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of Labor, was accused of abuse by his first wife in the 1980s — with police twice summoned to the couple's home.

The allegations were first aired in the couple's 1989 divorce. The abuse allegations in the divorce filings then became the subject of a July 26, 1989, Riverfront Times cover story.



Puzder denied the abuse both in a deposition for his divorce and in the RFT's story, calling his ex-wife Lisa Henning's allegations "baseless."

In her divorce filing, Henning alleged that Puzder hit her, threw her to the floor and unplugged the phone after she tried to call the police for her help. Puzder would later acknowledge in a deposition that he "grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her back," but said he did it to stop her from hurting herself.

[doc03]

1. Sounds like a good match for the Trump administration nt

[mercuryblues]

2. This makes what

3,4, or 5 known abusers in positions of power helping Biff run our country. Yeah. Women are going to fare well under this perfect storm.

senate
congress
oval office.

[CTyankee]

3. Iin yiddish vernacular this guy is a real "putz."

It's slang referring to a man's private parts.

This is how far we have fallen. Scraping the bottom of the barrel for a putz to run the country.

Dear God, save us!