Clapper back in 2018

Former top spy James Clapper explains how Russia swung the election to Trump

“It stretches credulity to conclude that Russian activity didn’t swing voter decisions"


Really?

Andrew McCabe thought Trump was an Russian Agent, he said that on 60 minutes

these are supposed to be out best and brightest.

anyone with a lick of common sense would conclude

Trump is a billionaire, he has a massive ego...he is not playing 2nd fiddle to anyone being POTUS....this kind of talk is straight up delusion, but really it's a diversion to their illegal shenanigans to prevent his presidency.

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Sean Illing
I’ll ask you straightforwardly: Did the Russians swing the 2016 election in Donald Trump’s favor?

James Clapper
Yes, and I say so in the book. But let me make a couple of points to clarify. First, when we published our official intelligence community assessment of Russia’s interference in our election in January 2017, we didn’t make any definitive calls about whether or not the outcome of the election was impacted. And we didn’t make any calls of this sort in our classified briefing for President-elect Trump either. We, the intelligence community, didn’t have the charter or authority to do that.

But now I’m speaking as a private citizen, having left government service and knowing what I know about what the Russians did, how massive the operation was, how diverse it was, and how many millions of American voters it touched. When you consider that the election turned on 80,000 votes or less in three key states, it stretches credulity to conclude that Russian activity didn’t swing voter decisions, and therefore swing the election.

James Clapper
That’s fair, and again, I’m not saying collusion didn’t happen. I’m simply saying we don’t have definitive evidence yet. I’m trying to be a fact-based guy because we don’t know for sure. I just hope this issue is put to bed by Mueller.

James Clapper
It’s obviously not good for the country. What I’ve found so disturbing is the president’s assaults on our institutions and values. It started before his inauguration when he characterized the intelligence community as Nazis. That was outrageous, and I called him immediately after because I felt I had to defend the men and women in the intelligence community.

So obviously, the relationship was flawed right from the start. Now, however, it seems that the Department of Justice and the FBI are in the cross hairs more than the intelligence community.

we've learned so much since then...