but i d like to go to your legal expertise to the question of the fbi is involved in this. could there be a crime? could one of rob porter s wives or both have lied to the fbi? would that be a crime? rob porter might he have lied to the fbi? would the fbi having picked up this information from his wives go back to rob porter as the subject of the investigation, ask him about that? but as a fact finder when john kelly is sitting there getting this information for the first time in the white house, this is not just information that the wives picked up through some unofficial channels. john kelly to not believe them has to believe that they were willing to commit the crime of lying to the fbi. you re exactly right. this information comes to the white house counsel and to the chief of staff filtered through the fbi background process. it s a federal felony, a federal crime to make a material false statement in a matter that s within the jurisdiction of the executive branch. and a backgro
white house counsel and to the chief of staff filtered through the fbi background process. it s a federal felony, a federal crime to make a material false statement in a matter that s within the jurisdiction of the executive branch. and a backgrounding exercise, where fbi agents go out and interview both someone who seeks a position and everyone involved in their background would be a qualifying proceeding. so for kelly to discount the stories that come from the wives and exgirlfriend, he would have to believe that they spoke to fbi agents during the background process or to fbi employees conducting that background process and that they were willing to expose themselves to the risk of lying to those agents, essentially that s what he has to have believed to have discounted their stories. ned price, you and i were speaking about this earlier today, the mystery of how long it was taking on this security
crime to make a material false statement in a matter that s within the jurisdiction of the executive branch. and a backgrounding exercise where fbi agents go out and interview both someone who seeks a position and everyone who is involved in their background would be a qualifying proceeding. so for kelly to discount the stories that come from the wives and the ex-girlfriend, ed have to believe that they spoke to fbi agents during the background process or to fbi employees conducting that background process and that they were willing to expose themself to the risk of lying to those agents. essentially that s what he has to have believed to have discounted their stories. ned price, you and i were speaking about this earlier today, the mystery of how long it was taking on this security clearance, and you offered the possible theory that it was possible that the fbi recommendation was simply they concluded their investigation