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House. since then, as you know, the whole issue of security clearances has blown up into a full scale disaster for the trump white house. following revelations about rob porter, the white house staff secretary who lost that job following news reports about serious domestic violence allegations against him from both of his ex-wives. those news reports about those domestic violation allegations, those were revelations to all of us and the public but it turned out the white house had known for a lo...

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Kelly said that everything was done right. this is clearly an admission that it indeed was not. i want to read you one portion of the five-page memo from kelly that all background investigations of potential commissioned officers should be flagged for the fbi at the outset and hand delivered to the white house counsel personally upon completion. this is the most important part of the passage -- "the fbi official who delivers these files should verbally brief the white house counsel on any inform...

Grant security clearance or does the fbi? >> the fbi doesnt grant the security clearance. at the end of the day, the decision is with the white house. and the reality is that from january 2017 when rob porter first reportedly told don mcgahn about these issues, theres no way this white house should have had this person in that position. there just isnt. as the fbi background process confirmed the very serious nature of what he had done, theres no way he should have been in this position. >> and ...

Calling. he is survived by his wife and his two daughters. heres a picture. the white house defending its handling of abuse allegations against former aid to the president rob porter. the spokesman saying that the administration was not fully aware of the extend of those allegations and giving a glimpse into the presidents response in this case in the rob porter we relied on the background process that process hadnt been complete weed relied on the information we h we do take violence against wo...

A position and everyone who is involved in their background would be a qualifying proceeding. so for kelly to discount the stories that come from the wives and the ex-girlfriend, ed have to believe that they spoke to fbi agents during the background process or to fbi employees conducting that background process and that they were willing to expose themself to the risk of lying to those agents. essentially thats what he has to have believed to have discounted their stories. >> ned price, you and ...

The white house was informed as far as back as august that mr. porters security clearance was being held up because of domestic allegations. joyce, what does that tell you that as far as back as august, the white house has found out theres a serious problem? >> its really incredible that they kept porter on for this period of time knowing that as the staff secretary, he handled every piece of paper that entered the oval office. and they knew that that security clearance wouldnt be forthcoming. t...

Expertise to the question of the fbi is involved in this. could there be a crime? could one of rob porters wives or both have lied to the fbi? would that be a crime? rob porter might he have lied to the fbi? would the fbi having picked up this information from his wives go back to rob porter as the subject of the investigation, ask him about that? but as a fact finder when john kelly is sitting there getting this information for the first time in the white house, this is not just information tha...

But id like to go to your legal expertise to the question of the fbi is involved in this. could there be a crime? could one of rob porters wives or both have lied to the fbi? would that be a crime? rob porter might he have lied to the fbi? would the fbi having picked up this information from his wives go back to rob porter as the subject of the investigation, ask him about that? but as a fact finder when john kelly is sitting there getting this information for the first time in the white house, ...

Security clearance and within a right to disregard the fact. the president cant change the fbi background process but he can choose to disregard the fbis conclusions about whether somebody deserves security clearance and he has apparently chosen to do so with jared kushner. hes cleared him to see all manner of classified information up to and including the daily brief which is kind of amazing if you dont have a security clearance youre allowed to see the president presidents daily. put yourself ...