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Career officials received information last year, and what they considered to be the final background investigation report in november. but they had not made a final recommendation for adjudication to the white house because the process was still ongoing when porter resigned. >> the process. so career officials, she said received the report not team trump. but john kelly is the chief of staff. a job that includes managing the staff among them the staff secretary rob porter and of course those car...

For a limited amount of time. and its supposed to be narrow in scope. the person is not supposed to be able to touch top secret or classified materials. now, also, i also understand from my sources that when a president or top staff wants someone, they categorize whose priority. and if rob porter was priority, he could have had his security clearance by now if indeed he passed the muster. so there is a lot of holes here. >> sure. >> and the question with finding out this information, the questio...

Perhaps some of these other 30 to 40 white house staffers who were operating under temporary security clearance might have a similar risk. do you think that is founded? >> i do. because this exists for a reason. it exists because its supposed to vet individuals for a variety of factors, including their trut worthiness, loyal to the united states, even their strength of character. these are all things that are actually in the rules and policies that govern the security clearance process. and so i...

>> i do also think that what is different about this is that it actually is somewhat limited scope. if you listen to what trey gowdy is trying to say, theres a process that needs to be reformed by which people get security clearances. i think thats pretty narrow as it comes for an investigation into the trump administration, this is not a sort of sprawling special counsel investigation. that explains why republicans are more willing to go there. its a pretty discreet thing they can address and h...

General carry cordero also the senior assistant general, and retired fbi mike rogers. i should note for the viewers both of you have been through the security clearance process yourself. but congressman rogers ill start with you. do you agree with dan coats anyone working on security clearance should have some limitations on intelligence they are able to receive? >> i do, unless it is a very rare circumstance indeed. and by now people who have been at the white house some length of time should h...

Over the last week or so, white house counsel don mcgahn in his office was made aware of at least some of this information. white house chief of staff john kelly made aware some of this information. important to point out john kelly arrived here at the white house at the very end of july. so he would have missed the time the fbi director said earlier today of march and july was when the first two phases of this process for rob porter were. but of course he was certainly here in november. so, j...

System. thats the oath i took as president to protect the constitution of the united states. to to be lackadaisical about it and zero direction is unbelievable testimony. and deeply troubling about this president of the united states. >> jerly conley, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> outfront next, intelligence official says security clearance procedures must change. so why is the white house ball canning? and white house turnover off the charts. why one in three trump staffe...

Im john king in washington. want to take you straight to the white house. president trump meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to talk infrastructure. >> weve really accomplished a lot. were here today to discuss the urgent need to rebuild and restore americas depleted infrastructure. weve been having meetings with different members of congress. theyve been very successful meetings. well see how it all turns out. this is a priority that is shared by members of both parties, and most im...

Questions being asked about his role as well. >> depending on the day and the hour, everyone is in the line of fire. if it doesnt bode well for him, you know, the other day it was raj. right now we are hearing rumbling about general kelly. it could be anyone. but this is a big issue, particularly for someone, a president who during the campaign kept talking abohillar clinton emails being open to the public. you have a situation now where someone who really doesnt have a full security clearance, ...

Saying it didnt get the fbis information about rob porter to top white house officials. whats your reaction to that? >> we dont really know if we can believe the white house because they tell you one thing and then they contradict themselves the second day. thats why we introduced this legislation, which can get bipartisan support. its just reporting. we want the white house to be transparent and keep in mind the president has said he wants to support transparency. so we look forward to getting ...