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Standard procedure. nbc news has confirmed that rob porter was not in fact granted security clearance. one of porter ex-wives said when the fbi asked her whether or not parter might be vulnerable to blackmail, she answered yes because of the number people aware of the abusive behavior. she said, quote, i thought by sharing my story with the fbi he wouldnt be put in that post. for his part, rob porter denies these allegations. he said, quote, i took the photos given to the media 15 years ago. the...

She said, quote, i thought by sharing my story with the fbi he wouldnt be put in that post. rob porter denies these allegations. he said, quote, i took the photos given to the media 15 years ago. ive been transparent and truthful about these vile claim, but i will not further the gauge publicly with a coordinated smear campaign. so that is porters response as he resigns from the white house. but as for the white house chief of staff john kelly released a statement yesterday saying, quote, rob po...

Porter and what he did right or wrong. this is a criminal negligence case. that means porter can be negligent. he could be grossly negligent. that doesnt meet the burden of criminal negligence when you have a direct and proximate cause in causing this death. the last thought i would share is porter is both a liar to the prosecutor but a key prosecution witness against the other five. thats a tight rope for the prosecution. well have to see. >> yeah. the prosecution definitely in a difficult spot...

The second stop, the fourth stop, the fifth stop, and does it raise a kernel of doubt for the jury? >> big picture, this is a very tough case for the prosecution. >> you do in. >> yes. because you have to prove not that the baltimore police department did a bad job. you have to prove that officer porter committed those acts that caused those injuries, and i think that given the inherent difficulty of pinpointing when an injury like that takes place, yes, one pathologist will have an opinion abou...

That position of national security adviser. i heard those words yesterday and that caught my attention. what do you make of kellys status? >> i dont know. a lot of people have been in this precarious situation where there are rumors they will be fired and sometimes they are, sometimes they arent. he is, for the most part, not fired them, except tom price, the hhs secretary with all the private jets. part of what happened is porter was supposed to be a responsible adult in the white house. the jo...