Former director of national intelligence James Clapper has accused Donald Trump of placing American democratic institutions “under assault” following the sacking of James Comey and cautioned that the former FBI director’s removal is “another victory” for Russia.
“I think in many ways our institutions are under assault,” Clapper told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.
And I think as well our institutions are under assault internally.”.
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When asked to clarify if the internal assault came from the president directly, the former spy chief added: “Exactly.”.
The bleak assessment came days after Trump claimed on Twitter that Clapper had determined “there is no collusion” with reference to his presidential campaign and Russia, a characterization that Clapper has refuted.
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