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Excellent instincts and loyalty and smarts. >> reporter: holderness writing her statement implies those who have been in abusive relationships are not strong. this, as the white house continues to insist that senior officials only learned about the, quote, extent of the allegations last tuesday. cnn has reported that white house counsel don mcgahn knew a year ago that porter's ex-wives could present damaging information on him to the fbi. and chief of staff john kelly learned about the allegations last november, as porter struggled to get approval for a full security clearance. >> mr. presiden...

>> reporter: president trump facing mounting questions about whether his top aides are handling classified information without the proper security clearance. >> mr. president, do you have a vetting problem? >> reporter: the issue front and center after staff secretary rob porter signed amid allegations of spousal abuse which prevented him from gaining permanent security clearance. dozens of white house officials are still operating without permanent security clearances. >> it's handled by our law enforcement and intelligence community. >> reporter: while it can take up to a year or longer, for...

Former senior aide. axios is saying in private conversations he called porter, sick, and the president believes the ex-wives and their accusations. but then over the weekend he tweeted this. people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by mere allegations. some are true and some are false. some are old and some are new. there is no recovery for someone falsely accused. life and career are gone. is there no such thing any longer as due process? porter could not get full security clearance because of the abuse accusations and cnn has learned that 30 to 40 other white house officials and admi...

Yet another controversy dogging the west wing. >> that's right. the white house is still answering questions about how one of the top aides, rob porter, can be allowed to work in the white house without a security clearance. president trump tried to look past that but why won't president trump publicly empathize with the victims? >> mr. president, do you have a vetting problem? >> president trump avoided the question. atop aide whose history of alleged domestic abuse appears to have been covered up by the white house. >> above all, the president supports victims of domestic violence is believe...

I appreciate it. >> mr. president, why are high levels staffer with sensitive information without security clearance? >> mr. president, do you have a vetting problem? >> that was nbc's kristen welker shouting the questions on many people's minds this afternoon. after revelations rob porter never received a full security clearance and white house senior staffers had known never would, in a post handling more classified information than any other position in the west wing. the washington post reporting jared kushner doesn't have a permanent clearance either and yet is able to read sensitive mate...