I’ve seen a lot of bad stuff

Posted on: June 7, 2018 at 15:45:06 CT

“I’ve seen a lot of bad stuff in 50 years of intelligence, but nothing like this that I think attacked the very pillars of the foundation of this country,” Clapper said.

Clapper reaffirmed his evaluation that Russia’s activities tipped the election to Donald Trump.

“To me, it just stretches logic and credulity to ignore the elephant in the living room and suggest the Russians didn’t, not only impact the elections, but I think turned it,” he said.

He emphasized that the intelligence community had concerns, and was actively receiving intelligence, regarding meetings between the Trump campaign and Russians.

But according to Clapper, even as late as the inauguration of President Trump in January 2017, Obama administration officials didn’t know anything about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting

“The dashboard warning light was certainly on, simply occasioned by what we did know about the frequency of meetings that various members of the Trump camp, whether in the campaign or out, were having with of all people, our primary adversary, the Russians,” he said.