Posted on 05/14/2017 2:39:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday described a U.S. government "under assault" after President Donald Trump's controversial decision to fire FBI director James Comey, as lawmakers urged the president to select a new FBI director free of any political stigma.
"I think, in many ways, our institutions are under assault, both externally -- and that's the big news here, is the Russian interference in our election system," Clapper said. "I think as well our institutions are under assault internally."
When he was asked, "Internally, from the president?" Clapper said, "Exactly."
Clapper spoke following Trump's sudden firing of Comey last week, which drew sharp criticism because it came amid the FBI's probe into Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible ties between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign.
Clapper said America's founding fathers had created three co-equal branches of government with checks and balances, but with Trump as president, that was now "under assault and is eroding."
Lawmakers from both parties also criticized Trump's actions last week, which included changing explanations from the White House for the firing and an ominous tweet by Trump that warned Comey against leaks to the press because he may have "tapes" of their conversations. The lawmakers urged the president to select a new FBI director without any political background.
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good?
Pathological liar like most Demoncrats.
Clapper is absolute SCUM.
Aux barricades!
Isn’t that what we hired him for?
Typical CYA mode
#Draintheswamp in progress...
In their world, ‘government’ is by its very existence without flaw and Alina perpetual state of perfection. Anyone who tries to fix it is evil and must be destroyed.
I have a strong need to see Clapper perp walked.
What size Stripes Clapper?
Clapper apparently doesn’t know that the FBI is under the executive branch. (/sarc)
Guess you don't like it when the peasants get all uppity?
/eyeroll /eyeroll /eyeroll
What nonsense and btw Fox is turning liberal.
Was he looking down and rubbing his chin as he spoke?
Lyin SOB
Besides, didn’t The Clap tell us recently there was NO “interference””?
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I thought the 3 co-equal branches of government Clapper is so worried about include the Executive Branch, which includes the Department of Justice, that includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The head of the Executive Branch is the President of the United States. Heads of departments within the Executive Branch serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States. So, Mr. Clapper, how is the government under assault by President Trump?
Wasn’t Clapper the national security honcho? Seems to me that his PRIMARY FUNCTIONS was to protect America from the same types of security breaches he’s trying to hang on Trump.
Shouldn’t his department(s) have know about any Russian, or otherwise “collusions” before Trump, or anyone else knew. How did Wikileaks get all those facts about Podesta, and Clinton, without causing a major alert in the security sector?
What’s next? Is clapper going to say that he “first heard about it on the evening news”?
For Christ’s sake, man, you were in charge of all the listening, wiretapping, etc, from the NSA? Where were, asleep next to hillarys server in that broom closet?
You’re all for cleaning out the vermin in DC, until, YOU become one of the vermin.
So, Clapper...STFU!
Co equal branches, eh Clap? You mean like the sole Federal judges who are unilaterally nullifying Trumps legitimate EO’s?
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