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To him. whatever they might have done, whatever they might say, he is happy to sort of take the convenient line. i think that under mines the united states' credibility in our commitment to our principles over the long term and in ways that will endure after donald trump leaves the oval office. >> to the story from the times in the "washington post" about the president getting involved here and kushner's security clearance and ordering john kelly, i want everybody to listen to abbe lowell last may. >> who made the decision to restore his security clearance? how did that happen? >> the intellig...

Salman. so now a third time the president of the united states is taking the word of an autocratic leader. why? >> it is amazing to me how seamlessly these topics thread into what we were discussing earlier with jared kushner's security clearance given over the objections of c.i.a. officials who believe that kushner was susceptible to being kind of molded in ways that they saw fit. we have seen this play out in public, in press conferences with donald trump. the helsinki summit as you laid out and now with respect to otto warmbier. for trump it was enough to say this is what kim jong-un told m...

House democrats already have a probe of white house clearances underway and now they are threatening to subpoena documents if they have to. if you thought that you heard the end of it by now from michael cohen, you would be wrong. he is due back on capitol hill next week for more closed door testimony. let's bring in sarah west wood at the white house. >> reporter: whether senior officials lied about that process. recall that prior to last may kushner had a temporary security clearance because of some concerns about his business ties among other things. cushner has a very broad

>> no. i don't this can i have the authority to do that. i wouldn't do it. i was never involved with his security. >> the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance. >> reporter: kushner's lawyer also denied that this didn't go through the process. it is more that the white house may have lied about how he was able to see top secret information. >> sarah westwood, thanks for the reporting. let's get reaction of what is going on in capitol hill, reaction in congress to this. o do members of congress care about this irregardless of party? >> reporter: democ...

>> i consider myself your presumptive nominee. >> april 27th, trump delivered a foreign policy speech in washington d.c. >> some say the russians won't be reasonable. i intend to find out. >> in the audience? jeff sessions. who met with the russian ambassador before the speech. an encounter sessions forgot in sworn testimony. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> jared kushner also met with kislyak at the event. something he would not disclose for more than a year. later reported kushner had three undisclosed calls with the ambassador from april through the general election. i...