tuesday night, thank you very much for being here with us, good night from nbc headquarters in new york. tonight on all in. the fbi submitted a partial report in march. a white house keeps twisting. > christopher wray said it was closed in january. so hosteling the truth here? tonight, the lies get bigger and the cover-up grows as the fbi blows up the white house story on the handling of an alleged abuser. do you believe rob porter s ex-ives, mr. president. thank you very much. and new reporting that rob porter was in line for a promotion before he resigned. mr. president, do you have a
sham bol lick explanations coming from the white house, they re only raising more questions who knew what when and that includes haggen there john kelly, hope hicks, everybody beak. hope hicks reportedly dating rob porter. i imagine she had conversations about the fact he wasn t getting the security clearance. it s not a thing people in the white house are like where did we end up on my security clearance? where did we end up with the fbi be people talking to everybody in my life. it s a thing you keep on top of. certainly, if it s your own security clearance, you re keenly aware where that process is. there may be other folks in the white house who may not be aware. does rob have this clearance or that. he s been grand interim clearance in the meantime. you know, but at the same time, a clearance liking that to say that the investigation was still ongoing is in some ways also because they don t want to reject it, they keep it open so you can have interim access to these things.
information last year in what they considered to be the final background investigation report in november. but they had not made a final recommendation for adjudication to the white house because the process was still ongoing when porter resigned. in the view of personnel security office, the fbi s july report required significant additional investigatory field work before personnel security office could begin to evaluate the information for adjudicationing. > sarah sanders left out of that explanation what role senior aides including white house general counsel or chief of staff may have played in that process. asked directly if top officials were in the loop, she did not give a real answer. did anyone at the white house personnel security office have any communication with anyone in the west wing about rob porter s clearance between when the fbi started submitting its internal reports. i m not aware of any communication. i can t say the definitively. i m not aware of any communic
message to domestic violence victims. thank you very much. thank you. plus the intel chiefs tell the senate the russians are back for 201. we have seen russian activity and intensions to have an impact on the next election cycle here. and the president hasn t asked anyone to stop them. not as specifically directed by the president. why donald trump s new budget is a fox news fever dream. people use food stamps to buy marijuana. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today the president s hand picked fbi director confirmed under the oath the bed rom damning truth about the scandal engulfing the white house, that the white house knew for months one of its top aides, was credibly accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives and for months, the white house did nothing about it. they did nothing knowing full well that rob porter posed an acute security risk.
hitler. true man ordered an artd atom bomb on japan. w took us into a war that cost 100,000 lives. one person gets up each day knowing he will change so much of this planet at such risk with unknown consequences. how i wonder, how i worry, how knowing what esee of life in today s white house can give us a steady heart. that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. all in with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on all in. the fbi submitted a partial report in march. a white house keeps twisting. > christopher wray said it was closed in january. so hosteling the truth here? tonight, the lies get bigger and the cover-up grows as the fbi blows up the white house story on the handling of an alleged abuser. do you believe rob porter s ex-ives, mr. president. thank you very much. and new reporting that rob