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House employee. this is also a security story that matters to all of us because this is a security story how donald trump is running this government. they dont get handed security clearances as perks. the fbi has to clear you for one after this rigorous background check process and there are all sorts of ways to fail that process. doesnt mean youre a criminal. some are dramatic. you can fail the fbi background check process for a security clearance because you have undisclosed foreign contacts y...

Every contact and ask you questions going back to when i was 18 years old. so the notion that you would allow somebody to work this entire time with no security clearance is nuts. if i may, normally you start and its an iterative process. they assume you can do the job and doing it quick while youre on job. thats normal. in this case we know they knew as early as january 2017 right up front that this guy had issues in his background. wife beneath credible allegations of itted that have permanent...

And what she knew about his exwives and their accusations against him, as well. we should note that rob porter denies the allegations and calls them simply not true. this is not just a salacious and dark story about the departure of yet another high level trump white house employee. this is also a security story that matters to all of us because this is a security story about how donald trump is running this government. white house employees dont get handed security clearances as perks, right in...

They have existed at least for a year. through the fbi background check process. and the white house, the president, the chief of staff, the chief counsel at the white house, theyve decided to keep moving forward. because porter if you really want to understand the dynamic, he was a confidant of jared kush next the presidents son-in-law. of hope hicks, the communications director. of so many people at the upper echelon at this white house. >> a confidant of jared kushner. we know jared and aye v...

Including access to protective order from june of 2010 and police calls that i had made to our home. >> so you told the fbi that rob porter was abusive towards you? >> yes. >> and one of the questions was, copotentially be blackmailed. how did you answer that question? >> i actually had difficulty answering that question because i believe that the people who had the power to blackmail him would be women who had been in personal relationships with him. so in short, the answer could be maybe. >> w...

In this case we know they knew as early as january 2017 right up front that this guy had issues in his background. wife beneath credible allegations of itted that have permanently disqualified him from holding this job. so why they even gave him an initial clearance is beyond me because they must have known he would never have cleared the full background collect. >> as far as i understand how the security clearance world works, theres the fbi background check process. if youre in the military or...

Behavior. a third woman who was also involved with porter though not married to him is reportedly working for the trump administration. he shaent been named publicly but multiple news outlegs described her going to white house counsel don mcgahn directly to discuss she is concerns about porter. her own concerns about porter and what she knew about his ep wives and their accusations against him, as well. we should note that rob porter denies the allegations and calls them simply not true. this is...

>> if i understand your description of the background check process correctly, the fact the two ex-wives had made statements to the fbi about alleged abuse during that investigation was not a disqualifying factor in his initial hiring? does the white house regret that and going forward do you plan to change the way you consider allegations of domestic abuse? >> well, again, understand that the background investigation was not completed. there was no determination made about rob porters security ...

Get it right. its also costly, but its absolutely worth it. over the course of any investigation, some information may arise that seems troubling or complicated and requires additional investigating. its important to allow that process to continue in order for a fullsome understanding of the information. the whole u.s. government takes this process seriously. its not politicized or interfered with. we do not push -- we do push for -- we do push to obtain accurate, fullsome information as quickly...

Were not credible from other people. do you need a photograph? how should women feel if they dont have photographs? >> i dont think a standard applies. we take allegations of misconduct, of domestic violence, and other issues like that very seriously, we are very concern about them. in this instance in the case of rob porter, we relied on the background check process. that process had not been completed. relying on the information we had. anita anita. >> two questions. i want to understand, you ...