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It was supposed to be 1, then 2:30, now 3:00. likely to be dominated by the porter scandal. its become the subject of a congressional investigation. republican chairman of the house oversight government reform committee, chairman trey gowdy sending a letter to john kelly at the white house asking for, among other things, information about policies, practices and procedures for interim security clearances at the white house. whether porters clearances were consistent with those practices. the dat...

Investigators start to do their investigation. you get interim clearance for a specific period of time. investigation unfolds and a decision is made. we now know that the white house disregarded those concerns and there is chief of staff kelly, who is supposed to be safeguarding the interest of the president, knew this foreign intel target was walking around the white house, knew he had access to this intelligence. did he think that he knew better than the fbi about whether porter was a counter ...

Elements in the white house. i dont know, to be honest. i dont know who knew what, when, up-to-the-. >> and i think all the stories about replacing general kelly are mostly being fed by people who are unhappy that theyve lost access to the president, under general kellys leadership as chief of staff. so, no, im extraordinarily pleased with the job the chief has been doing. everybody in the west wing is. the president is, as well. i think that talk about the chiefs departure is much to do about n...

"newsweek" reporter. just before publication, ivana composed a statement for the book saying, i felt violated as the love and tenderness which he normally exhibited towards me was absent. i referred to that has a rape, but i do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense. after trump announced his run for the white house, ivana said the story is totally without merit. donald and i are the best of friends. donald trump has always denied the allegations. randi kaye, cnn, new...

They obviously hoped to convict porter then give him immunity and use him as a witness against the others. that plan now is in tatters. just as a general message i think, you know, theres a tendency to think a hung jury is a tie. its not a tie. its a loss for the government. and close to a win for the defense. >> its not an acquittal, jeffrey, is it? >> its not an acquittal yet. but these cases tend not to get better with age. this obviously a very important fact we all need to learn, which we m...

Hold up in light of reporting from multiple news organizations that contend that kelly and at least a few other senior aides likely knew of the abuse allegations. here is one of rob porters ex-wives. >> i also am not at all surprised that people who work with him in a professional capacity see him as a model of discretion, integrity and character. i believed that he is, and i think professionally he is intelligent and he is measured and he is certainly someone that i would trust in that professi...