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FBI hangs Kelly out to dry: Director contradicts White House as he says they had FOUR warnings about Rob Porter going back to last March – and his background check was completed by July

FBi Director Christopher Wray testified Tuesday in a Senate hearing that the White House got four separate notifications about Rob Porter
The now-former Trump staff secretary was forced out of his job last week following DailyMail.com stories about his ex-wives' domestic abuse claims

Wray says the White House got heads-up warnings in March, July and November 2017, and again this month
FBI closed its investigation in January 2018, but the White House has refused to answer questions about what it knew and when – claiming the probe is 'ongoing'
Bombshell development could put John Kelly and Don McGahn on the hot seat
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said people with temporary security clearances (like Porter) should have 'limited' access to classified material

FBI director Christopher Wray directly contradicted the Trump administration on Tuesday, saying under oath that the bureau gave the White House four separate reports about disgraced former aide Rob Porter's security clearance investigation – with the first heads-up coming 11 months ago.

The bombshell development could put White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and White House Counsel Don McGahn on the hot seat as they face new questions about what they knew and when they knew it.

Responding to a question from Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Wray spelled out the process in which the bureau 'briefed' the White House while Porter was operating with a temporary clearance and had access to some of America's most closely held secrets.

'The FBI submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in March, and then a completed background investigation in late July,' Wray said, adding that 'soon thereafter we received requests for [a] followup inquiry, and we did the followup and provided that information in November.'

FBIDirector Christopher Wray testified Tuesday in a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that the White House has had four separate notifications from the bureau about why Rob Porter couldn't get a permanent security clearance

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified Tuesday in a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that the White House has had four separate notifications from the bureau about why Rob Porter couldn't get a permanent security clearance