ex-wives could have damaging information on him. a white house official telling cnn tonight, the chief of staff was reluctant to dig into what white house counsel don mcgahn knew about porter. so this white house is doing what it always does. it s stonewalling, changing their story, flat-out lying. even though fbi director christopher wray blew all of that right out of the water today by simply stating the facts. the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed background investigation in late july that soon thereafter we received requests for follow up inquiry. and we did the follow up and provided that information in november. and then we administratively closed the file in january. and then earlier this month, we
despite an honestly sourced reports that it long knew about the porter allegations the white house has been insisting over and over it did not learn the full extent of the allegations against porter till they were published in the press last week. but today the fbi director, christopher wray, came before congress and blew that timeline out of the water revealing in a hearing that agents updated the white house about porter s background check multiple times over the last year. was the white house informed that this could affect his security clearance? that s a yes or no. what i can tell you is that the fbi submied a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed background investigation in late july that soon thereafter, we received requests for follow-up inquiry.
months, the white house did nothing about it. they did nothing knowing full well that rob porter posed an acute security risk. despite an honestly sourced reports that it long knew about the porter allegations the white house has been insisting over and over it did not learn the full extent of the allegations against porter till they were published in the press last week. but today the fbi director, christopher wray, came before congress and blew that timeline out of the water revealing in a hearing that agents updated the white house about porter s background check multiple times over the last year. was the white house informed that this could affect his security clearance? that s a yes or no. what i can tell you is that the fbi submied a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed background investigation in late july that soon thereafter, we received
but some senior white house officials urged him to stay and fight. the new york times reports, when kelly told staffers friday morning he removed porter less than an hour after learning about porter s true situation, quote, most of the staff appeared incredulous. one person said several people in the room knew that time line kelly had p kelly had presented was false. absorb that for a second. people who report day in, day out lead to he was lying about the time line. the white house is insisting trump has full confidence in kelly, despite reports trump is looking to replace him. so i want to pick up on what you just said about the president not being clear in his support of women. in fact, i think the opposite is true. i think he s been clear on the other side. the white house an invitation is open for him to be clear. just think about it. rob porter, while he said good things about him, he hasn t even acknowledged those two ex wives. let s talk about this. the white house is
released today against rob porter. there is no place for domestic violence in our society. new tonight, kelly sending a letter obtained by fox to white house staff, part of which reads, while we are all processing the shocking and troubling allegations made against a former white house staffer, i want you to know that we all take matters of domestic violence very seriously. domestic violence is important and has no place in our society. some wonder what kelly knew about porter s alleged violent past before the story went public. this is part of an ongoing investigation, we trust the background check process and the chief of staff does not get a detailed updates about what may or may not have been alleged. did john kelly covering this up, he needs to be held accountable. he needs to justify what he did and what he did it and he better have a really good reason otherwise he s gone, too. it s big at the white house had admitted it could have been better with the porter situation bu