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Discussed in washington in kushner circles with some amount of relief and happiness. >> now counselor, it is my understanding, and i i guess people are saying this on social media tonight, that the ultimate decision to award a hard pass security clearance rests with the white house. after due diligence is done. so that's a way it may not be exculpatory. talk about that. also talk about how the borough of brooklyn and the eastern district of new york may figure into jared kushner's future before we're all done. >> well, on the topic of the security clearance, the fbi has a slew of staff members...

Them. this will all work out. and a great number of people in that world were quite happy today when it finally did work out. so no question that this was discussed in washington in kushner circles with some amount of relief and happiness. >> now counselor, it is my understanding, and i i guess people are saying this on social media tonight, that the ultimate decision to award a hard pass security clearance rests with the white house. after due diligence is done. so that's a way it may not be exculpatory. talk about that. also talk about how the borough of brooklyn and the eastern district of ...

Under preet braha from the southern district of new york. first talk about mr. kushner. i may be asking for too much here. was the detail about the security clearance provided to you in a way that one hoped would be exculpatory toward mr. kushner? >> well, absolutely, right? i mean, i think exculpatory in the sense of many people around jared kushner have been waiting for over a year for this moment. they have been saying as this fbi background check dragged on and on and on, they said again and again and again, this is the normal process. let the process play out. he's got a lot of financial ...

In kushner. he's not to town prior to the china meeting and al sisi. maybe the narrative is wrong, maybe it proves he's not as much of a central player as some in the media like to say he is, doug. >> obviously we all know the phrase palace intrigue. there's mo nor intrigue other than donald trump's white house, talking about tweets or a particular person and what their role may be or other positions that haven't been filled. there's a lot of questions out there and at a certain point hopefully we'll get some answers. i think the trump white house would do itself well to fill some of the posit...

Plea deal for flynn is in the works. pamela brown has more from washington. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. cnn has learned that jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior advisor has met with robert mueller's team. earlier this month jared kushner and michael flynn worked together closely. flynn was the former national security adviser. their paths crossed. it would make sense that the special counsel team would interview him about flynn. the lawyer told us in kushner has voluntarily helped and will continue to do so. it's important to note that all appearances here a...