it was supposed to be 1, then 2:30, now 3:00. likely to be dominated by the porter scandal. it s become the subject of a congressional investigation. republican chairman of the house oversight government reform committee, chairman trey gowdy sending a letter to john kelly at the white house asking for, among other things, information about policies, practices and procedures for interim security clearances at the white house. whether porter s clearances were consistent with those practices. the date when the white house became aware of the allegations of porter s security clearance. trey gowdy wants answers. listen to what he said. i would want to know from john kelly and anyone else, what did you know? from whom did you hear it? to what extent did you hear it? what actions did you take? chronology is not favorable for the white house. when you have the fbi saying we told you three times in 2017 and
people with knowledge of the conversations. and the post report adds this, quote, kelly is a big, fat liar, said one white house official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share a candid opinion. i ll say. to put it in terms the general would understand, his handling of the porter scandal amounts to dereliction of duty. it happens to be the title of the would be of h.r. mcmaster down the hall in the west wing. a lot to get to here tonight. let s bring in our panel. we welcome to this broadcast bob bower, frank mantoya is back with us, former special agent in charge for the seattle division of the agency. he served under fbi director comey and reported to of all things to andrew mccabe. the aforementioned ashley parker, white house reporter for the washington post. ashley, we re going to get to begin with you. you and i have been hearing many of the same things this evening. first of all, most notably is
maybe kindergarten. so anyone who has been comparing the trump white house to high school is way, way, way, way off. it is much more childish than that. the words a big fat liar appear in quotation marks in the washington post tonight describing white house chief of staff john kelly, and the person doing that is a white house official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. and that same anonymous white house official said, quote, to put it in terms the general would understand, his handling of the porter scandal amounts to dereliction of duty. anthony scaramucci may have left the building, but his childishness lives on in the white house. a childishness that john kelly was brought into change. he was supposed to change all that into a mature, well run professional white house. that same john kelly is now being called a big fat liar by a white house official who is clearly not afraid of having
this white house for more than a week now. we re day nine of the porter scandal. the might be stadministration could have handled the allegations better. we ll hear more of what he said. also a congressman whose name is being floated as a replacement to chief of staff john kelly just address itted the rumors about whether he could be next. that s all next, live. which is why we re helping to replenish the mighty rio grande as well as over 30 watersheds across the country. we re also leading water projects in more than 100 communities. and for every drop we use. we re working to give one back. because our products rely on the same thing as we all do. clean water. and we care about it like our business depends on it. this beneful grain free is so healthy. oh! farm-raised chicken! that s good chicken! hm!? here come the accents. blueberries and pumpkin. wow. and spinach! that was my favorite bite so far.
this is happening on the social media platforms, the data is passing through servers and they re profiting off it. so they owe it to the american people for a full disclosure of what happened. spikes on twitter with troll behavior. ben said it and i ll say it begun, it s up to the lawmakers, the government, and social media companies, everybody, also up to you and me to decide what we re going to believe on social media and to push back against things that aren t true, facebook, twitter, instagram, whatever social media you re using. ken dilanian and ben pop kin thanks very much. eric swalwell is a democrat on the house intel committee. thanks for being here. of course, katy. vice president mike pence was interviewed a little while ing a and he was asked about the porter scandal and russian