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>> reporter: sanders might not know what the president is going to say or tweet next. so deflection is an all too familiar deflection. sanders can be combative, dismissive. >> you said it was a racial slur what is your response that. >> i think that is a ridiculous response. >> i think the press mem mise i ridiculous and shows the lack of knowledge thaw have on this process. >> reporter: self-aware about her combative style, she has a sense of humor too. >> great to be back with you guys. >> reporter: by the end of the briefings, nobody is laughing. >> joining me now, is sarah

Director's statement mr. wray and your statement yesterday seem to be at odds with one another. do you see anything you would like to clarify based on your answer yesterday? >> my understanding is that any information would go to the personnel security office. that office had not completed its process. that was ongoing and therefore recommendation had not been made. >> the fbi director said under oath that the completed background information was actually committed in late ideal. >> the white house security personnel office received information last year in what they -- report in november. the...

House. then, the fbi director testifies and today, sarah sanders is asked what accounts for the discrepancy. >> the fbi portion was closed. the white house personnel security officer who is the one that makes recommendation for adjudication had not finished their process. >> who? the office of white house personnel security? that is who she is now pointing the finger out. she said yesterday this is a process that doesn't operate in the white house. now naming the office that has white house in the title and is blaming them for not making a recommendation to the white house to which they are pa...

Try and keep up, because that is a totally different time line than what press secretary sarah sanders described just yesterday. >> we learned of the extent of the situation involving porter last tuesday evening and within 24 hours his resignation had been accepted and announced. we let the process play out. it was ongoing and hadn't been completed. this is a process that doesn't operate within the white house. it is handled by law enforcement. did not receive any completed papers regarded with that background check. >> that is not true. sanders blamed an ongoing process one that supposedly do...

The fbi pass over a file to the white house security office. that file could include things that are basic. the guy shoplifting when he was 17, who cares. he smoked dope when he was a sophomore in college, who cares. or you step forward and say he might have hit two ex-wives, how do you adjudicate that and why can't you adjudicate a security clearance for a white house official in seven months. i think the fbi sent over a nasty package in july and updated in november and the white house guy said wow, we are not sure what to do with this one. that's what happened here. >> gloria, the white hous...