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Now a cabinet member who it's discovered he has close russian financial ties due to leaked documents from his cayman island tax shelters he was trying to conceal. it could not be a worse look for this white house. a constant drip, drip, drip of tentacles of russian connections to the campaign. does this prove that russia had some influence over him? no. but it certainly proves that at the very least, the russian government and russian operatives knew how to get their tentacles into people who are close to the president. that's what they do. that's what they've always done, and that's a problem...

Late today i spoke with senior white house official about the process and was reminded january 20 of last year, a completely new white house staff arrived. everyone was give and form, and it's a multi panel questionnaire that seeks everything about you from your high school friend to your bank record to residential addresses, foreign travel be employment, foreign contacts. and when the form is turned in the fbi begins its investigation. in the normal course of events it can take 6, 7, 8 months, but rarely less than 6. complicated ones like those with high finances take a lot longer. as part of...

Late today i spoke with senior white house official about the process and was reminded january 20 of last year, a completely new white house staff arrived. everyone was give and form, and it's a multi panel questionnaire that seeks everything about you from your high school friend to your bank record to residential addresses, foreign travel be employment, foreign contacts. and when the form is turned in the fbi begins its investigation. in the normal course of events it can take 6, 7, 8 months, but rarely less than 6. complicated ones like those with high finances take a lot longer. as part of...

Security form, right? >> that's exactly right, chris. i mean the point here -- and i'm sure jill can expand upon this. but the idea is as a private citizen, can someone meet with representatives of the russian government, and the answer is most likely yes. that may not even necessarily be a crime. what separates that action from the one that general flynn and jared kushner took was the omission -- let's just call it omission of those meetings on their sf-86. the sf-86 is a background form for which security officers can determine your eligibility to get top secret clearance. it's very much lik...

A crime. what separates that action from the one that general flynn and jared kushner took was the omission -- let's just call it omission of those meetings on their sf-86. the sf-86 is a background form for which security officers can determine your eligibility to get top secret clearance. it's very much like apply forg a loan. they look for risk. omitting something that would be considered something that would be a risky behavior and potentially preclude you from getting a clearance, one would interpret there's a motivation to keep that off because if you keep it off, you can now qualify for...