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Apparently advising the administration on infrastructure and he reportedly met several times with jared kushner and discussed the possibility of getting a job at the white house. that never happened. in november, the company loaned $184 million to the kushner companies. a spokeswoman for apollo telling fox news the executive was not involved with the money. the times report that kushner met with the ceo of citigroup to talk about the trumps administrations finance and trade policy. after that, k...

Anything negative to say about her, i wonder if you can weigh in on the morale that may be inside that white house right now. >> the morale in this white house is changing every day because you have ups and downs in administrations. her departure is going to be a surprise and a shocking thing when a key member of the team does leave. but that would happen no matter what, right? there is no good time for hope hicks to depart. there is never a good time. so she chose the time thats best for her an...

Kushners camp make sense to you? >> katy, it doesnt settle things for me. sure jared resigned his positions, but jared did not divest himself of the interests which may pose a potential conflict. it can give the appearance of a conflict in this case. >> how does he prove there is no conflict? >> well, thats the problem. you really cant. at the most senior levels of government, people on both administrations have routinely divested themselves of any potential conflict of interest. and he, frankly...

Disgraceful, as you just showed. which punctuates those past attacks, saying he was disappointed in sessions, dismissing him as beleaguered. for the president, sessions original sin was recusing himself in the russia investigation. as for the latest tweet takinei at the swipe, the inspector general here looking into those alleged surveillance abuses. hes a career prosecutor. appointed by president obama. but he has worked in both democratic and republican administrations, and hes been critical i...

Cetera. isnt lg an obama guy. why not use justice department lawyers. disgra disgraceful, exclamation point. kaitlan? >> reporter: that tweet after jeff sessions that michael who wits will be looking into the alleged abuses of surveillance. a few things wrong with the tweet, yes, he was appointed to his latest current position in 2012 by president barack obama but hes someone who worked in top roles at the doj under both republican and democratic administrations and once appointed to a job by ge...

Though he doesnt have a top security clearance, the president can do that. >> the president shouldnt do it if he doesnt have a top security clearance and thats because he hasnt been cleared at the level that information is at and he could smicompromise sources and confidential information. yes, the president can do it. but it is one of those things where this is an incredible level of security that goes into having the people surrounding the president have this information. and the president sho...

Information he will need to get his job done. whos to say theres not going to be conversations between he and his father-in-law that will be helpful? >> i mean if the president wants to show him every day the presidents daily brief even though he doesnt have a top security clearance, the president can do that. >> the president shouldnt do it if he doesnt have a top secret security brief and thats because he hasnt been cleared at the level that information is at and he could compromise sources an...

Going on that im aware of. one of the things that connected trump to his base and people who voted for him who wouldnt ordinary vote for a character such as him was his ability to go into a place and ask for their vote. jared was never part of that equation. one of the things we see with the trump administration and we dont know if this is going to be successful or not, is some companies or administrations thrive off of incredible tension which is what we see and mahear and read about. the way w...

Correspondent gillian turner reports on what happens now after the access downgrade for jared kushner. >> nothing that has taken place will affect the valuable work jared is doing. >> senior officials claim jared kushners foreign policy portfolio isnt in jeopardy now that he has lost his top-secret security clearance. they also insist his efforts to broker a mideast peace deal wont be impacted. >> i cant see any change on the importance of that. or his work on that issue. >> former senior nation...

This was an off the record comment that got reported. he hasnt been in the news really come and i think that is exactly what a former prevacid and should be coming out around. however, it seems a little early to be rewriting the history of administration i just ended. doesnt it? >> all presidents try to see their administrations of the most favorable possible light and he is looking back on his and im sure hes looking at the man in the white house and trying to create a contrast with him, becaus...