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Scandal over Domestic Abuse allegations against one of the closest men to the president. Today the fbi publicly contradicted the white house time lean of what it knew and when about these allegations of spousal abuse facing rob porter. Allegations that he denies. At issue here the fbi background check porter had to undergo to get his job as a white house staff secretary. Heres what the administration has been telling the public. The allegations made against rob porter as we understand them invol...

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Some are using the episode to settle scores against chief of staff john kelly, and recirculating his various missteps to build a public case for his incompetence. Others are point ing fingers at don mcgahn, white house counsel, natural recipient of information about a completed background keck check in normal white house. The president s do podium to ded it. Christopher wray said it was closed in january, whos telling the truth here . Both. As i said, the fbi portion was closed. The White House ...

Matthew . Last week raj said the situation could have been handled better. Yesterday you echoed that. Today the chief of staff said it was all done right. Can you explain, does the white house think this rob porter situation could have been handled differently or do you think it was all done right . As i said yesterday every day we come here, we do the very best we can and every day we can do better than we did the day before and were going to continue to strive for that. Were humans, making us ...

Comments today and how chief of staff john kelly has handled the situation. Take a listen. I think there is probably some in the process some lack of communication between different elements in the white house. The fbi runs the clearance process. And when they provide somebody an interim clearance, that means theyve done an initial vet and say, this person is okay. I dont know, to be honest. I dont know who knew what when at this point, and i think the stories of replacing john kelly are mostly ...

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Us america is under attack. All part of the 11th hour as we get under way on a tuesday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 390 of the Trump Administration, and this was day seven now of this still widening scandal over Domestic Abuse allegations against one of the closest men to the president. Today the fbi publicly contradicted the white house timeline of what it knew and when about allegations of spousal abuse facing rob porter. Allegations...

Trey gowdy says the panel wants to ask the fbi what they knew about porter and when they informed the house. I spent two decades believing skbim children who alleged bureaucracies even when sometimes no one else did. Whether theres a security clearance at issue or not, i have questions about how someone like this could be considered for employment whether theres a security clearance or not. Im troubled by almost every aspect of this. Joust will the oversight com be launching an investigation int...