Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190618:17:10:00
It was an intent to nominate and that was six or seven weeks ago. we had stories yesterday about fbi checks not being complete. so it almost -- i don't want to sound conspiratorial, but it sounds like maybe there was more to it than him just looking after the family. >> that signalled to you that there was something awry? >> he's been -- he was the deputy secretary of defense and then acting for a long time, since mattis resigned and yet still these fbi checks weren't complete. that is not normal. there's probably just something there. maybe that also helped lead him to this decision. maybe he...