because it's his job to be curious about how the staff, who are around donald trump, what their behavior is. one other quick thing, the explanation given, well, these incidents occurred before he was in the white house. that's not the point. the point is that -- the point is that this is this person's life that led him to this point. you don't start the clock when they enter the white house if they are a good or bad person. sorry. >> no, two quick points, if you look at the rules, the fbi collects information, hands it to the white house to determine whether to grant security clearance. if the case is shown, the white house determines they are going to grant interim clearance before the investigation was complete, they were assuming great risk. >> our correspondent mj lee has new information, josh, weigh in. confirming she told the fbi in january of 2017 about when porter punched her. she shared with the fbi the