and what she knew about his exwives and their accusations against him, as well. we should note that rob porter denies the allegations and calls them simply not true. this is not just a salacious and dark story about the departure of yet another high level trump white house employee. this is also a security story that matters to all of us because this is a security story about how donald trump is running this government. white house employees don t get handed security clearances as perks, right in the fbi has to clear you for one. after this rigorous background check process. and there are all sorts of ways to fail that process. it doesn t mean you re a criminal. some of them are dramatic. you can fail the fbi background collect for security clearance because you have undisclosed foreign contacts you ve been trying to cover up or lie about. those would screw up your chance
sources telling cnn that top aides to the chief of staff. tell us that rob porter was hitting road blocks with background checks months ago. the reason allegations of domestic abuse from both of his exwives. why did no one tell the president? i want to bring in cnn commentator. . about a kari. . it almost makes you noft allegic for rirps. never that you had i d say that is it problematic for the people working for the president for the tone set from the top. nothing is new in this white house. i ve been guilty of it as well we had the false sense of expectations for people like john kelly. think about john kelly he had the most race it trip of them all that black and brown dak ara recipients are lazy.
tell us that rob porter was hitting road blocks with background checks months ago. the reason allegations of domestic abuse from both of his exwives. why did no one tell the president? i want to bring in cnn never that you had i d say that is it problematic for the people working for the president for the tone set from the top. nothing is new in this white house. i ve been guilty of it as well we had the false sense of expectations for people like john kelly. think about john kelly he had the most race it trip of them all that black and brown dak ara recipients are lazy. now today rob porter is a great man. and now we realize he is not a great man in fact one of the least of us because he puts his
president, sets the president s schedule, controls the flow of paper across the president s desk. so to a certain extent he controls the president s access to information. we learned today rob porter has been doing that job all without being approved for a security clearance. which is for itself probably a bit of a scandal for a person who is seeing everything that crosses the president s desk. the reason why he couldn t get security clearance reportedly has to do with allegations of domestic violence from each of his two previous wives. the heez ase are allegations h denies, but the white house reportedly learned of last fall. and the fbi learned he had spoken to both of his exwives who boekt reportedly described to the fbi of his alleged abuse.
statement from john kelly where he has just stopped praising rob porter. this is the new statement from the chief of staff, quote, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. there is no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comment of the rob porter that i have come to know. since becoming chief of staff, and believe every individual deserves the right to defend their reputation. i accepted his resignation he willier today and will ensure a wift and orderly transition. ib joing us now, one of the reporters who has been following this in washington. gregory courty is with u.s.a. today. thank you for being here. there are two tracks, the allegations from the exwives. the other track is what the white house knew, how senior a job he was in.