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The president. we know from reporting he doesnt read. but we also know jared does. what sort of oversight function is available to congress to try to understand the handling of sensitive classified information inside donald trumps west wing? >> you know, congress absolutely has an oversight function here. theres been a little bit of a pulse lately, but weve not seen any full-on effort to take this into consideration. but you, like i know, i had a security clearance for 25-plus years, and its not...

Really does need to step up and look into this. >> and, ashley parker, it makes a mockery of all of the ordinary staffers who have to reveal everything theyve ever done and be held to the standard of not presenting a blackmail list. i want to read something your paper reported. top justice department official alerted white house two weeks ago to ongoing issues in kushners security clearance. two people said the deputy attorney general told don mcgahn, white house counsel, the justice department ...

Harm to his own appointees at the nations top law enforcement agency. >> and to himself, right? for the first 240 years of this republic theres been a real cardinal rule. do not get in a fight with law enforcement agencies that have subpoena power. and instead, trump seems to think its his weekend hobby. every sunday he tweets out some mean thing about the fbi. hes going down a road he is not going to be able to walk back. >> will it end in a conviction? >> well see here. let me make one other p...

Have been charged with in the mueller probe include lying to federal investigators and money laundering, right? >> absolutely, absolutely. those are obviously big things. they dont get to that level to trip up security clearance. its a pretty low bar. you know this. i mean, a lot of -- >> i barely made it. >> well, a lot of relatively minor things. and weve got a situation here where jared kushner is an international businessman, contacts with people around the world, lots of business dealings o...

Word. should kushner receive a pdb? >> no one who doesnt have high level security clearance should have access to that information gs investment. what we dont know is whether his failure to get this clearance triggered this downstream of people who also couldnt get clearances. that is an unknown, but its dangerous in any government office, particularly in the white house. >> peter baker, ashley parker and joyce vance, thank you so much for starting us off. were grateful. whether we come back, th...

As of this hour, monday at 4:18 p.m., to jared kushner? peter first. >> that is an excellent question. excellent question. i dont know the answer. you would want to know that answer because thats something that most sensitive anybody gets in the white house. you have a son-in-law here who is senior advisor in charge of middle east peace. people say well, you can do the job without security clearance. i dont see how you negotiate middle east peace without having the fullest intelligence on what t...

Everybody else when it comes to clearances. >> given the fact its been reported in november that both you and your husband still had interim security clearance, i guess the simple question, is it appropriate for family members to have exceptions granted to them when they serve in that regard? >> we will be treated like everyone else will be treated. weve been fully cooperative and transparent. chief of staff john kelly has made his thoughts and intentions very clear on the fact that he wants to ...