information. every time he s asked, she says, well, i m not going to get into a tick tock, we generally knew, we, meaning everybody in the white house, generally knew, you know, when it was reported in the media. well, what we do know is that what chris wray testified today was that the office of personnel security, or, the white house, and we assume the office of personnel security, sent back the file for more work by the fbi back in july, when they had reported it as complete. now, why that happened, that went back to the fbi for further investigation, that s not clear at this point. was it the white house counsel s office, was it the office of personnel security who was responsible for making that determination? and then it comes back as complete in november, as a result of being sent back and then more information trickles out in january. at that point in time, we don t know who knew what and who gave the order to do more investigating. i think those are the questions that are op
background last july, contradicting what white house officials have said for days, that they only became aware of what happened last week. the white house offered a new explanation saying that the fbi background check went to the white house office of personnel security. asked about the shifting explanations, press secretary sarah sanders said that she s doing the best she can. obviously the press team s not going to be as read-in as some other elements at a given moment on a variety of topics. we relay the best and most accurate information that we have, and we get those from those individuals. reporter: aides to the president are becoming frustrated with information they re receiving from top officials inside the west wing. one white house official complained white house counsel don mcghan received much of the information last summer and did not share enough with top staffers. okay. jim accost athank you very mu mumuch acosta, thank you very much. longtime liar michael cohn
having to answer for it. i don t know if the process was broken based on the fbi director s report, it seems like timely information was provided at least by july, and then it was repeated again in november. and notwithstanding that, nothing was done. so it seems to me there was a break down here, but i don t know it s a break down you could attribute to the security process generally. it seems to be a break down in the west wing of the white house. this office of personnel security, which is kind of taking the latest round of white house blame for this, they have no investigatory power. as far as i remember their the folks that issue and turn in your pass when the time has come, but they have no field investigatory power, correct? i don t know what it means when they say they were
at least by july, and then it was repeated again in november. and notwithstanding that, nothing was done. so it seems to me there was a breakdown here, but i don t know it s a breakdown you could attribute to the security process generally. it seems to be a breakdown in the west wing of the white house. regarding process in the west wing, this office of personnel security, which is kind of taking the latest round of white house blame for this, they have no investigatory power. as far as i know and remember, they re the folks that issue, stamp the pass when you arrive, and that s the office where you turn in your pass when your time has come. but there s no they have no field investigatory power, correct? that s a very good point. i don t understand what it means to say that they were reviewing it and then preparing it for adjudication. once this material arrived it would have gone immediately to the chief of staff s office, the deputy white house chief of staff for operations is
uncontrollable president at the top of the chain, but they felt like the process was working better, they were moving in the right direction at least most of the time, and i think for a lot of people in there, even those who are loyal to kelly, they re not sure of that anymore. so not as much score settling going on on the don mcgahn front, but lots of unanswered questions, and you can press even very senior white house advisers, and it s not clear that they ve been able to pin down white house counsel don mcgahn about what he knew and when he knee iw it. the key question or phrase here is ongoing. said the process was ongoing. i suspect it would have been ongoing for the entire administration if the foes hcht co h hadn t come on. it s clear from the timeline they had information and sat on it. see them blaming the white house office of personnel security which is part of the white house which is, of course, run by the president. they can blame the career staff and the deep state g