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I would say employees that worked for me at the cia nearly uniformly were aimed at achieving the presidents objectives and americas objectives. >> pompeo told lawmakers he believes no organization is exempt from malfeasance. jared kushners lawyer said he was questioned for a second time by robert mueller in the russia collusion and contacts with foreign nationals for a second time last month. kushner was interviewed by muellers team last november. the attorney says kushner team believes he is ...

Blowback. but there was also a lot of blowback when he put jared kushner in the white house, when he put ivanka trump in the white house, and so on and so on and so on. he, the president, has not shied away from, you know, controversy and doing things that are against protocol in the past. well see if that happens. but first and foremost, youre right, erica, we have to find out whether or not jared kushners interim clearance has gone away and we dont know that yet. were certainly trying to find ...

>> we have a classic double standard. if any of my former colleagues were in a job that required them to have top secret sensitive information access and they could not get a permanent security clearance they had to get an interim clearance, they would be fired. they would be out of the job. probably placed on administrative leave and ultimately let go. however in the white house, for people close to the president, especially the family the requirements are lower, the standards are lower and peo...

I know that you will do the right thing, and you know, you handle it. after kelly said that he is changing the rules. so what is that all about? >> well, it is another cloud overhanging the white house. we have had some reporting i i think that is from cnn actually that part of the delay in the security clearance for jared kushner is due to the fact that he is wrapped up in the mueller investigation, a fnd that is true, the interim clearance is not going to be lifted. not made permanent any time...

Get kushner classified information while circumventing the rigorous process that would normally have kept him out or gotten him fired. say they do clamp down on this. then what happens? kushner has been there for a year, getting classified information. we know he has ties to russia, israel, saudi arabia. we dont know what he is doing in his position. we know that he has these back channels and these connections and that he has information thats incredibly valuable, that could be sold on the mark...

To prove our innocence. president trump was not asked about the russia investigation. during his news conference with australias prime minister. but did respond to the white house security clearance controversy. saying he would not overrule the chief of staff. on whether son-in-law jared kushner should keep access to secrets with only interim clearance. >> that will be up to general kelly. general kelly respects jared a lot and general kelly will make that call. >> in a raucous and free-wheeling...

Explained why to don mcgahn. the white house counsel doesnt have a final security clearance. sara huckabee sanders is on an interim. ivanka trump is on an interim. he doesnt have a clearance. what kind of an insane show are we running here? thats a rhetorical question. >> this is absolutely unprecedented. we have never had this many people in the white house who lack a security clearance. kushner has the worst record of anybody to enter this kind of position and gain this kind of access to class...

White house official with an interim clearance whose application for a full clearance has been pending since at least june 1st, that their interim would be revoked, meaning they could no longer handle some of this classified information. jared kushner has been seeking that application since before june 1st. but the white house has been pretty cagey about whether it will apply to jared kushner and how many are affected by this move. so many, including john kelly, thinking the president could inte...

All right, welcome back. today is the day white house chief of staff john kelly said would be the last day some employees with interim security clearances will be allowed to access top secret information. kellys overhaul comes after white house staff secretary rob porter resigned after accusations of domestic abuse. all of that was made public. well, will the kelly deadline and the new rules apply to the presidents son-in-law and top aide, jared kushner? he has an interim clearance as well. cnn ...

Journal" and the flonew yorker. it seems that jared might have a russia problem and a china problem the reason so many people have raised questions about him having the interim clearance and access to the classified information, he not only reads the daily briefs, that the president doesnt always read it. jared kushner reads and it hes been one of the top white house officials who has requested more information than anyone else. hell go are from having thought access to having zero access. >> th...