White House, After Pointing To FBI, Now Says Personnel Office Was Investigating Porter

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that the White House’s personnel security office’s investigation into former aide Rob Porter was still underway last week when he resigned amid allegations of domestic abuse, even though she said at Monday’s news briefing the process was handled by law enforcement.

“The White House personnel security office, staffed by career officials, received information last year in what they considered to be the final background investigation report in November,” Sanders said. “But they had not made a final recommendation for adjudication to the White House because the process was still ongoing when Rob Porter resigned.”

That explanation differed dramatically from the one Sanders offered at Monday’s briefing, when she told reporters that the process of issuing a security clearance “doesn't operate within the White House. It's handled by our law enforcement and intelligence community.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/13/white-house-rob-porter-personnel-office-investigation-407274

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“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 adjudication,” she said.


Very well, but these WH security personnel report to someone and the decision was made last July further investigation was required.  We've yet to find out who made that decision.

Full briefing from today.  Secretary Chao addresses infrastructure first and Sanders takes questions at 13:30 mark.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8mtsT9jKXlw