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The evidence. there were two different wives that there were allegations against. i mean, if you have the evidence laid out in front of you, then how can you be misled by rob porter? there is the evidence. the facts. and then how spins them. scott? >> yeah, i think there is some dispute if you talk to white house people about exactly what they knew from the fbi. now what i think is frankly a more troubling. >> is it because they dont trust the fbi even if -- >> porter had been involved with inno...

>> the problem here is that apparently the white house chief of staff, john kelly, he knew the fbi wasnt going to give him the clearances. the white house counsel, don mcgahn, who is the top lawyer at the white house, he was told by the fbi there is a problem, hes not getting these security clearances, its going to drag on. but they let it stay on that. they clearly liked him and maybe professionally he was doing a solid job, but there was this other issue that was preventing the fbi from saying...

Likely had to review the information from the fbi and actively decide to approve the temporary clearance anyway, correct? >> absolutely 100%. the fbi made that very clear today. they released a statement saying, listen, we do the background checks, then pass on that information to the white house, it is up to the white house or whatever agency, its up to that agency, the white house in this case, to make the judgment about the security clearance. interesting again hearing raj shaw today, he made...

The most classified information and werent going to be granted that access should have been upheld. >> sandra: marie? >> coreys right although hes little bit of an odd messenger to be saying that, given he was accused of assault on a female reporter during the campaign. but hes right. this is not a story about a security clearance process. this is a story about someone who was accused credibly by two women of assault. the chief of staff has known that for many months and indeed kept this person ...

>>. >> well, i definitely think that rob porter should lose his job. so im glad he resigned. the thing is this kind of vetting which seems very loose and not particularly in depth goes to the president. i think that ultimately the president is responsible and he sets the tone. and so if john kelly resigns over the fact that something he either knew or should have known and yet they kept this person on for a year, i think that he should consider resigning but you know what? who is he going to be ...

Informed of the resignation on wednesday. he was saddened by it. saddened for all the individuals involved. >> over the last year, is that ever something he was concerned about? >> he was not informed about the specifics regarding rob porters security clearance. >> okay. >> do you have any information on how many senior white house staffers are currently working under an interim security clearance? >> i got into the security clearance process as much as im allowed to discuss it and im not going ...

There is a security clearance process that should have picked this up. the fact that it did not is a matter that needs to be looked into because we have to make sure that the security clearance procedures deal with vulnerabilities of individuals and this is an area that should have been explored. >> one question in russia, if i can, the russia investigation. ron johnson, the chair of the senate oversight committee, hes been releasing these text messages between lisa page and peter strzok, includ...

Porter. porter expected to be out of the office today. telling cnn that white house aides have known about the allegations against porter for months, including white house chief of staff john kelly. kelly apparently learned about the allegations last fall. months ago when porter was denied a top security clearance, still he was allowed to continue working in the white house all this time. lets talk more about the process of obtaining a security clearance. joining us, attorney john barry who repr...

Spousal abuse. that is an enormous for obvious reasons red flag during a background check. today as you heard raj shah, he he repeatedly laid off responsibility for this in effect on the security clearance process. in fact, we went through the transcript and we counted 25 times that he said or referenced the security clearance process here. the way the process works, though, in fact, is while the fbi does therecommendation. applies that information to the white house and its up to tt white house...

Else knows about this. she told her story to the fbi on january the 25, 2017, when she was interviewed by the fbi as part of porters security clearance process. she said she told them about several instances of physical, verbal and emotional abuse, she claims she suffered at the hands of porter. she also gave the pictures to the fbi. the fbi im told also heard similar information from his second wife, jenny willoughby, though there was no evidence he gave her a black eye, as he allegedly did wit...