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Individuals involved. >> the last year, is that ever something that was he was concerned about -- >> he was not informed about the specifics regarding rob porters security clearance. >> do you have any information on how many senior white house staffers are currently working under an interim security -- >> i got into the security clearance process as much as im allowed to discuss it. im not going further. >> what is the white houses reaction to omarosa who said shes haunted by the presidents twe...

Happen. it also makes you wonder how the white house is going through its security clearance process that someone like this, who is known to have not been truthful about what happened, whos trying to conceal something thats a security violation and a vul any vulnerability stays inside this job. beside the horribleness of what happened to these two women, maybe a third woman, presents a face in the office different than what they played at home. >> the "breitbart" headline refers to this as kushn...

Saying, i didnt see it happen in front of me. thats not the guy i know. this is why women dont tell. >> mika, please feel free to comment about any aspect but i was going to ask about the security clearance about this, what happens when the fbi discoveries information like that. >> its a red flag that you would have a concern like this. its something youre trying to conceal so theres potential for blackmail. but if he lied to the fbi, like he did to john kelly and the president that this didnt h...

Saddened for all the individuals involved. >> is that something he was concerned about, not that -- >> he was not concerned about the specifics regarding rob porters security clearance. danielle? >> 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. im not going to go further. >> what is the white houses reaction to comments made by former ...

Chinese said has come away from the meetings saying, according to current and former u.s. officials, that jared kushner discussed his private businesses also in those meetings. hes denied that. but that whats when you go into a room without people with you. >> how has that affected the security clearance process for jared kushner? >> well there is at the moment a question mark hanging over jared kushners security clearance. most people who go in at his level in the white house, senior official t...

Officials, that jared kushner discussed his private businesses also in those meetings. hes denied that. but that whats when you go into a room without people with you. >> how has that affected the security clearance process for jared kushner? >> well there is at the moment a question mark hanging over jared so its become an interest in the national security community. was it his failure to list his meetings or dealings with the russians or his meetings with the chinese officials. these are the q...

I had a chance to talk to general michael hayden earlier this evening just before the latest news broke. >> journal, hayden, it seems that jared kushner forgets a lot, forgot a meeting with the ambassador and a head of a state-run russian bank. he also forgot to disclose financial assets, and now the judiciary committee is asking for documents they requested but kushner didnt provide about wikileaks and a, quote, russian back door overture and dinner invite, whats your read? >> at the beginning ...

Provide regarding e-mails on wikileaks and a, quote, russian back door overture and dinner invite. so whats your read on kushners behavior? >> well, john, at the beginning my read was, this was a very uncareful young man who was simply not used to dealing with the federal government or with the security structure in the federal government like folks with my background have to deal with every day. and i think he quickly learned -- and heres some good news out of this story. the government, the se...

Those sorts of moments. because when you think about each one of them individually, i mean, they had to endure hell. so you think about what happened during the obama administration. the kind of political arena. what was going on during george w. burkes administration. what was happening during clintons administration. almost each one represents an escalation of the dysfunction. now we see them and we go, oh! when in fact we lived through it, they were -- >> as compared to now. >> exactly. >> it...

>> is that your view? if other individuals acted the way did he on government security clearances, they would face a stronger reaction? >> oh, my god, yes. he lied over 100 times. he left off all the meetings with the russian ambassador. he had his secretary fill out his security clearance which is like saying, turning your back to the importance of this whole security clearance process. he had to have sat down with an fbi agent who took him through every single question of he had to have lied o...