nearly 100 internal political vetting forms, dossiers that were produced on people like ben carson, betsy devos, scott pruitt, mick mulvaney, the list goes on. we published we went through them, we redacted information that was personal. that was un sorry, personal in terms of contact information and details or unverified rumors. but we that s all online for people to see. dive into the red flags. what are the ones that stood out for you about certain people? well, the sort of a few different categories. i think the most important in firms of substance in terms of substance is that a lot of the problems, donald trump s first cabinet was a mess. i mean, most of it s gone much of it is gone and, you know, you can go through the list. but what we see from the documents is that not only were a lot of the problems foreseeable. they were actually foreseen. so you have scott pruitt, for example, right?
many, many months allege. the president s had seven months or so to do the extreme vetting he s been talking about. the president s had many, many months to put this into place. i m anxious to see what they ve come up with. attorney general bob ferguson, thank you so much. the next part of our special report here, right now, nbc, we have obtained the new vetting forms, the trump administration is asking the consular generals to use the vetting around the world, the state department reporting on the authenticity of these documents. supplemental questions for visa applicants. they re asking, have you traveled to any country in the last 15 years, what locations have you visited, how did you pay for it, there s also a section strictly devoted to the applicant s social media history. which has been a big deal. now, we know these forms are in circulation. what we don t know is how they re impacting all of those who are trying to get into the united states. for more, i want to bring in sa