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Two weeks ago, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein warned white house counsel don mcgahn that significant information requiring additional investigation would further delay the security clearance process of senior adviser jared kushner. the story continues to say two people said the deputy attorney general told don mcgahn the justice department had obtained important new information suggesting it could be an obstacle to his clearance process. raising the question as to whether information bei...

Call. >> that was president trump this afternoon saying he would let john kelly decide if jared kushner should be allowed to keep his interim security clearance. kelly ordered an overhaul of the white house security clearance process after the rob porter scandal, including eliminating interim clearances that have been pending since june 1st of last year. the new guidelines were slated to take effect today. all this as "the washington post" reports tonight that the deputy attorney general rod ros...

Jared has done an outstanding job. i think he has been treated very unfairly. he is a high-quality person. i will let general kelly make that decision and hes going to do whats right for the country and i have no doubt he will make the right decision. okay? >> president trump talking about his son-in-laws security clearance yesterday, saying he, the president, will not take part in the process of determining whether swrard kushner can get one. he will leave that tois chief of staff, john kelly. ...

Abuse allegations that the white house counsel, don mcgahn asked questions, called rosen stein. rosen stein returned the call later that day. and rosen stooip conveyed to mcgahn that the process was still join going. the washington post says significant information requiring additional investigation would further delay the security process for kushner. in response to this story, justice department spokes person said that the deputy attorney general has not referenced to the white house any speci...

The answer is simply jared kushner has the relationship with president trump. hes someone who the president really, really trusts. hes loyal to him. at the end of the day he will t going to be the person the president believes in and picks over his own chief of staff. but the sources ive been talking to tell me that the president and chief of staff john kelly want this issue to go away. john kelly does not want to be going back and worth with jared kushner and he wants him to have this clearance...

Behind the scenes i want to share with you on what "new york times" reported this morning. kushner believes hes being perfectly targeted, insisting he keeps his current level of access. jared kushner not just any ranking file staffer he is the presidents son-in-law. joining us terra, and eugene and that meesh is still here. terra, you have been but there security clearance process. bhas the risk of something not having a clearance 13 months into the administration? >> there are a number of risks...

Discovered that might arise in the course of that investigation. lastly, he has the power to pursue any obstructions of justice. >> john, its interesting, we were talking about what happened to jared kushner. remember the big story that happened last week was the rob porter story. you know, the white house chief of staff john kelly sent a memo announcing a change to the security clearance process in the wake of that story, of that scandal. as "the washington post" put it, this puts a bulls eye o...

We do know this indictment like the one on friday only reinforces our point when it comes to the special counsels investigation. as the president has long stated there is no evidence of collusion because none existed. there will be no findings of wrongdoing. again, this has to do with an attorney representing one of the individuals who has already been indicted. has nothing to do with actions related to this president. >> it is not an indictment. he is cooperating with muellers team and in court...

Spot of, you know, high emotion and tension. so, you know, whether they can move forward past that or not is the real question. john kelly, obviously, put out that memo intending to revamp the security clearance process, but thats led to more questions. and we havent heard the answers yet. again, maybe well hear a little bit more from sarah sanders today. >> yeah, on that point, peter, what you hearing about jared kushner? hes one of the people who has had one of these interim security clearance...

Personal business at the same time theyre exercising governmental power. you know, jared kushner is involved in an extremely troubled investment here in new york, 666 fifth avenue. he needs money. he needs investors. he has been seeking money and investors. thats a conflict with exercising governmental power over the people and countries that might do the investing. whether he committed any crime i certainly dont know, theres no evidence that he did at this point, but it is certainly a good reas...