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For months he lied about it. tried to keep it secret. michael cohen went to congress and tried to answer questions knowing the exact truth about the project as someone directly involved in it he nevertheless under oath told congress lies about the project and how long it went on. that project wasnt illegal. why did they have to invent a fake cover story for it that included committing felonies and lying under oath in order to keep it secret what was it about that that you had to tell a fake stor...

Spinning a story about that that makes it sound okay or tries to sound okay but for months, he lied about it. he tried to keep it secret michael cohen went to congress and answered questions about the trump tower moscow project knowing the exact truth of that project since he was directly involved in it, one of the principal people trying to put it together. lies about the trump tower moscow project and how long it went on. again, that project wasnt illegal. there was nothing more wrong with it ...

Themselves. we hire a firm to research me. and they did submit freedom of information requests back in september of 2017 and as of now, we have not received any information from cia or from the u.s. postal service related to my time as a federal agent or a case officer with the cia. >> so you asked for this information on yourself. you waited nine months and still havent gotten anything. we know from the timing that the republicans got a response including your security clearance application, th...

To use against you. so its, you know, medical information, its relationship information. its very detailed questions about like you know have you ever smoked pot? its very detailed information about your family, ability your extended family. its super super intriefs. the government agency responsible for issuing your clearance is obviously supposed to protect that in your security clearance application, right? not because its intensely private. its by definition this is intensely private informa...

Nature when it comes to national security. thats why for example, all journalists know you cant file a freedom of act request to get somebodys security clearance application. you can try but if you get anything back from the agency youre toiaing, whatever you get will be redacted to protect the sensitive information in that document and rightly so. at least thats the way its supposed to work. for some reason, the trump administration responded to a foia request by this republican group looking f...

Kushner recently lost his secret, excuse me, his top secret security clearance amid worries from u.s. officials that foreign governments might try to gain influence with the white house by doing business with mr. kushner. now according to the "washington post" last night, those worries have been informed to the white house in part by intelligence intercepts. intelligence intercepts that have captured foreign officials discussing their dealings with jared kushner in the white house. beyond that, ...

Usualyouls obviously there is a question about the classified material but a question what is holding up his clearance. one of the big advances in your reporting is weve previously been told the fbi was having problems for a background check for a security clearance application and the department attorney general contacted the white house and said there were serious remaining concerns about mr. kushner in terms of his background check but what youre describing tonight is separate and apart from ...

Out took steps to make sure he was notified when jared would be having those discussions. >> in terms of mr. kushner and his security clearance, of -- obviously there is a question about the classified material but a question what is holding up his clearance. one of the big advances in your reporting is weve previously been told the fbi was having problems for a background check for a security clearance application and as of february 9th, the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein contacted the ...

>> this is a long time for a white house clearance to be classified as interim. there is usually not precedent for that many people at that level to go this long with interim clearance. to be clear it doesnt cover you to read things like compartmentalized information like in a presidential daily brief. to have 30 to 40 people lingering and not having clearances and the fbi hasnt signed off on background checks is a problem. we all know there is a backlog at various levels for security clearances...

And jared kushner does not have a security clearance. and the reason he cannot get one is because apparently, he cannot get one. there was controversy from the outset about his security clearance two days before the inauguration, jared kushner made his initial application for a security clearance. he reportedly listed zero contacts on that application with foreign governments. this is after his meeting with the chinese and secretly meeting with the emiratis, and the trump tower russians. all of ...