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Clearance. do you think that some people may have access to sensitive information they should not? >> i'm sure they do. interim clearances are given when you're still waiting for a background check to be completed, but it sounds like in this case, the fbi has completed its checks and has provided the relevant derogatory information, which means anything that's a red flag, to the white house a long time ago. brianna, we had a saying in the fbi that character is what you do when you think no one is looking. and the whole point of the background check process is to find things that might affect s...

Believe your eyes, believe us. we asked the white house for anyone to come on the program to talk about any of this tonight, they said no. jim acosta is going to join us right now from the white house. jim, i understand you have new reporting on don mcgahn and john kelly and when they knew specific information. >> that's right. you don't have a white house official, anderson, but you do have me. i was told by white house official earlier this evening who said that don mcgahn simply has not shared enough information about what he knows and what he knew at the time about rob porter's background....

Through due process. >> and the other area in all of this they weren't giving us a straight story on, was the white house security clearances. the white house has dozens of staffers that are working on interim security clearances, like the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. when they were pressed on that today, she said, that's up to the fbi. we've been pointing this out. the background check process is undertaken by the fbi. they bring that information to the white house. it's incumbent upon the white house to act on it. sanders left it out of the briefing, as well. one day after another,...

Process. >> reporter: and the other area in all of this would be the security clearances as we were reporting late last night, the white house has dozens of staffers who don't have full security clearances like jared kushner. when she was pressed on that, she said that is up to the fbi. we have been pointing out, the background check process it is under taken by the fbi and they bring that information to the white house, and incumbent on the white house to act on that. and sanders left that out. so not giving the complete story. >> we still don't have a clear time line. we are getting breaking...

Handling the most sensitive classified information produced by the u.s. government. they insist they were following the normal background check process. but according to sean patrick maloney who held the same job in the clinton white house, this was anything but. >> on that desk there are a stack of red folders marked top secret. every day our nation's highest secrets are seen by the staff secretary there is a burn bag under the desk because when you're done, you incinerate those materials. the idea that someone without a security clearance was allowed to be there in the first place despite th...