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He said that in november he was given an update on the status of investigations. that refers to the clearance process that a large number of white house employees would have to go through, and that he was alerted that there were additional things in the rob porter file that needed to be looked into. but he said there was nothing else. he said he learned on tuesday night that the accusations were true. those were his words. and he said within 40 minutes he was gone. meaning it was clear to chief ...

Wife, two wives, and a girlfriend. and it is photo evidence. it is a due process through a fbi clearance process. which he has been undergoing for the last year, and did not pass. so, you know, i would say it is his choice to double down on this, and he is showing us his true colors. he has been showing us the true colors and where he stands on sexual harassment and sexual abuse now for his entire life. >> maria, it cuz seem that the president is an outlier in the white house right now respondin...

Respect to rob porter and what did general kelly know. he said that in november he was given an update on the status of investigations. that refers to the clearance process that a large number of white house employees would have to go through, and that he was alerted that there were additional things in the rob porter file that needed to be looked into. but he said there was nothing else. he said he learned on tuesday night that the accusations were true. those were his words. and he said within...

Two former wives. he denies those allegations. but the white house reportedly knew about them for months and knew they were stopping him from getting a permanent security clearance and they kept him on, handling the flow of documents to the president including super sensitive material while there were active concerns he was a potential target for blackmail and that he was unsuitable for the kind of clearance that would allow him to see that material. white house maintains tonight that the presid...

In press. mr. porter, the white house staff secretary announced he was stepping down yesterday after allegations of abuse from his two former wives. he denies those allegations. but the white house reportedly knew about them for months and knew they were stopping him from getting a permanent security clearance and they kept him on, handling the flow of documents to the president including super sensitive material while there were active concerns he was a potential target for blackmail and that h...

Porter? if there were men in the white house, including chief of staff john kelly who knew about the past and very serious allegations against him, did that information ever get to hope hicks, and if it didnt why didnt it? if i were here lan didnt know, i would be very upset with this coming to light. >> i assume they have to do a full postmortem, shawn, to see were people lying, was he lying, get fbi involved? you lie to fbi in background information, thats a crime. >> it absolutely s and they ...

Able to walk into our government office. its unbelievable that its 14 months its come to this. you either are preventing people and making sure their backgrounds are clean and doing it in a right and lawful way or youre not. this is just ridiculous. >> dana: one of the things i thought of, this puts the president in a terrible position. according to reports, he didnt know about these allegations until earlier this week. why would you put him in a position like this where he is vulnerable to atta...

Protected. >> presumably that includes classified information routinely. >> in my experience, yes. >> i think whats striking to a lot of us right now is that this vetting process could have continued all the way until several months ago. the white house is reporting that some might not have been about made aware of some of these concerns about rob porters background until as recently as november. wouldnt that vetting process have occurred months ago? wouldnt the white house have known about this...

Right? thats the donald trump line. given the relationship between the president of the united states and his son-in-law, jared kushner, how plausible is it that jared kushner sets up a meeting with the ambassador to russia to set up a secret back channel without the knowledge of the president-elect? >> i dont know how plausible it is, but what we do know is that it wasnt on that form. they said it was an oversight. i think what were learning, that the white house is coming to deal with, theyre ...

The president of the united states and his son-in-law, jared kushner, how plausible is it that jared kushner sets up a meeting with the ambassador to russia to set up a secret back channel without the knowledge of the president-elect? >> i dont know how plausible it is, but what we do know is that it wasnt on that form. they said it was an oversight. i think what were learning, that the white house is coming to deal with, theyre building this war room to fight against, as this investigative appa...