The Latest: Sanders says Porter clearance was still going on
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on White House security clearances (all times local):
3:20 p.m.
The White House says the security clearance review for a former top staffer was still ongoing when he resigned last week, despite a completed FBI background check.
FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed Tuesday that the FBI had closed its investigation of White House staff secretary Rob Porter in January.
But press secretary Sarah Sanders says the White House's assertion that Porter's clearance was still under review with an interim clearance is accurate — because Porter hadn't received a final sign-off from the White House office of personnel security.
"We find those statements to be consistent with one another," Sanders says.