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Knew he had this problem in his back ground, saying that he still had the confidence of the chief of staff at the white house, that he would remain in the position and then reversing course. then the chief of staff telling his staff that he immediately acted when they knew that wasn't true. and now of course this morning with the president doubling down by saying that how much they appreciated mr. porter's service in the white house, without having any comment about the fact, of concern for his two ex-wives. >> take us inside the white house wolf a chief of staff be aware of these allegations,...

White house counsel don mcgahn was told four times of domestic issues in porter's back ground. by porter himself a year ago, though it is not clear how detailed he was. then after the fbi interview, the two ex-wives saying he domestically abused them. then an ex-girlfriend told don mcgahn. as a lawyer, does he has an obligation to tell? >> not just as a lawyer but with classified information. this is classic blackmail material. a history of domestic violence that was secret at the time. an interim security clearance is not supposed to be indefinite. these people have been in office more than a...

John missed that. and he has paid a price for that. >> should he resign? >> i think that's between the president and john kelly. i suspect because as he marine, that john will stick to the job as long as the president wants him to be there. >> you were white house chief of staff during the bill clinton presidency. during the clinton administration. if you had had your staff secretary, a person with enormous responsibility, with that kind of back ground, the fbi had briefed you, your other aides, the white house legal counsel had briefed you, how would you have handled that situation? >> person...

>> sean: i read it clinton friends and associates were feeding christopher steele information and he was running with it and that became the dossier which became the bulk of the fisa warrant? >> that appears to be the case, sean. this is very concerning. not only was christopher steele informing other reporters, talking to other reporters on back ground, lying the whole way through but he was collecting information. remember, by this point, the russians probably and i said this before, already knew who was paying christopher steele. who was paying fusion gps. they knew about the hrc campaign. ...

>> dana: i know one thing, your back ground in law enforcement and all you have stkupb for our country as a u.s. attorney is so impressive. in some ways i think of what you did then as a investigator and prosecutor, is similar to spokes people. i never like to go out in public as a spokes person unless i feel i have all of the information at once. i'm curious if you think that, if the memo is released to the public would you support the president declassifying all under it so we have the information at once so it gets beyond the partisan ship and weaponnizing, as you said, of the information. ...