Porter’s second ex-wife, Jennifer Willoughby, told New York magazine that Mr Porter in January desperately tried to get her to remove a blog post in which she accused him of physical abuse because he feared someone was “going to send it to the media.”

“He did not name names, but he implied that there was a former staffer from the White House who was unhappy with him and was out to get him and take him down and somehow had gotten wind of my blog post,” Ms Willoughby told the magazine.

But while Ms Willoughby initially thought her ex-hubby’s antagonist was ousted White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, she told New York she later figured out Mr Porter was referring to Mr Lewandowski — despite the fact he was never part of the administration.

Mr Porter resigned as Mr Trump’s staff secretary last month following revelations that he couldn’t pass an FBI background check due to domestic violence allegations by Ms Willoughby and his first wife, Colbie Holderness — who released a photo that showed her with a black eye. Mr Porter has denied those allegations.

Mr Porter, 40, and then-White House communications director Ms Hicks, 29, broke up amid the scandal.

Sources told New York that Mr Lewandowski, 44, remained fixated on Ms Hicks following their own split — which, as Page Six exclusively reported, involved a May 2016 public spat that saw Ms Hicks scream, “I am done with you!” at 61st Street and Park Avenue.

Late last year, one source said, Mr Lewandowski began trying to find out whom Ms Hicks was dating, adding: “I think that he thinks he should control her.”

Another source, who worked with Ms Hicks before the campaign, said Mr Lewandowski “has, sort of, Single White Male characteristics” — an apparent reference to the 1992 thriller “Single White Female,” about a woman obsessed with her roommate.

A third source, who has worked with Mr Lewandowski and is close to the White House, also said Mr Lewandowski still had “raw feelings” from his relationship with Ms Hicks.

“He got wind that she was dating Mr Porter, and he could not handle that,” the source said.

The situation is complicated by the fact that Mr Porter was involved with another White

House official before he began dating Ms Hicks — and Mr Lewandowski shares a DC townhouse with a former campaign operative who worked in the same agency as that woman, according to New York.

Ms Hicks, a model-turned-Trump confidante, announced her resignation as White House communications director last month, one day after testifying before the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

During her testimony, Ms Hicks reportedly admitted telling “white lies” for the president, but insisted she never lied about any possible campaign ties to Russia.

Ms Hicks previously considered quitting in early August and again in early December, New York said.

Mr Lewandowski declined to answer any questions despite repeated requests, New York said.

This article was originally seen in the New York Post and is republished here with permission.