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Press secretary sarah sanders called to her office four top print report here's had questions about porter. there was rob porter. he spoke with them off the record sharing his side of the stories involving his two ex-wives and their very disturbing charges. this was after the daily mail published two reports detailing the accusations and after that black eye photograph of porter's first ex-wife was published by the intercept. one source says the white house saw this off the record discussion first reported by politico as an opportunity to tell his side of the story. whatever the motivations, n...

America's top law enforcement officer, a man nominated for the job, contradicted the white house over rob porter's security clearance. christopher wray testified the fbi completed the back ground check in july 2017. the fbi did complete a follow-up inquiry and then closed porter's file in january. this seemed to contradict what the white house press secretary said yesterday. joining me now, mike rogers who is an fbi agent, did back ground checks for the george h.w. bush administration. help us understand. this was over last july. the white house said the investigation was still ongoing. the ne...

How could it change from how you get around to what your kids are watching on tv. good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. one full week into the scandal involving rob porter and yet the american people do not know who knew what and when and why. why the white house staff kept someone around who had been accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend. questions that the white house refuse to answer. what we do know, it seems the explanation is not really holding up. the white house would lead to you believe they've been nothing but clear and consistent on this is...

Yesterday, sarah sanders painted rosie picture of a white house motivated by a clear sense of right and wrong someone who had been removed because of abhorrent behavior. >> we learned of the extent of the situation involving rob porter last tuesday evening. within 24 hours, his resignation had been accepted and announced. we announced a transition would happen and within hours did it. >> what that narrative does not acknowledge is that the initial response from the white house was to prop up porter and stand by porter. before he had resigned, they were issuing glowing statements. sanders prais...

Morally and do the right thing. >> one of the most bizarre things was that rob porter thought co-work at the white house and this would never come out. i had ex-wives saying this about him and would it never come out. then people at the white house who also learned about it. who also seemed to think it wouldn't come out or believed his denials. >> it is not crazy for me to think he could get away with it. there were people in the trump orbit including steve bannon who had previous accusations. i think in bannon's case, he was charged with a misdemeanor and it was dropped. still in good standin...