The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.

The White House has directed the FBI to stop conducting background checks into dozens of U.S. President Donald Trump's top staffers, and to transfer the process to the Pentagon, ABC News reported Thursday,

The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt the background checks for dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, ABC News sources say.