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James Clapper: Watergate 'pales' in comparison to Trump/Russia scandal
Washington Examiner ^ | 06/07/2017 | by Pete Kasperowicz

Posted on 06/07/2017 1:06:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told an audience in Australia Wednesday that in his view, the Russia scandal facing the Trump administration is far worse than the Watergate scandal that President Nixon faced.

"I think [if] you compare the two, that Watergate pales really in my view compared to what we're confronting now," Clapper said.

According to a transcript of his remarks, Clapper said he called then-President-elect Trump when Trump dismissed the intelligence community's assessment that Russia tried to meddle in the 2016 election. Clapper said Trump called intelligence officials "Nazis" in an apparent attempt to attack anyone questioning the legitimacy of the election.

"I tried, naively it turned out, to appeal to his higher instincts, by pointing out that the intelligence community he was about to inherit is a national treasure," Clapper said.

"Ever transactional, [Trump] simply asked me to publicly refute the infamous 'dossier,' which I could not and would not do," he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: 20170111; australia; clapper; dni; fakenews; garbage; goldenshowersdossier; goldenshowesdossier; jamesclapper; propaganda; russia; trash; trumpdossier; trumprussia; watergate
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What has happened to the Examiner? All of a sudden they are predicting massive Democrat electoral victories and blowing up on Trump. They read just like The Hill, and it’s the most partisan of websites.


41 posted on 06/07/2017 2:21:55 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: SeekAndFind

How did a Marxist get so high in the Air Force and government.

Tailguner Joe was right. And Ike should have listened.


42 posted on 06/07/2017 2:36:33 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: jmaroneps37

....of FROM a guy who was Director of National Intelligence.....who didn’t know a terrorist bomb exploded in the middle of London THREE HOURS AFTER IT HAPPENED....POS


43 posted on 06/07/2017 2:43:45 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: SeekAndFind

“I’m sorry Mr. Crapper, your United States Passport is on the list of counterfeit passports, I’m afraid we will have to temporarily detain you in our facilities in Guantanamo until all this is cleared up.”


44 posted on 06/07/2017 2:45:33 PM PDT by Ben Hecks
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To: SeekAndFind

Clapper, Brennan, & Comey: Three men who allowed 20 million Americans to be spied on by the US intelligence agencies. Lock ‘em up!


45 posted on 06/07/2017 2:47:38 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Jim Robinson

Actually, Clapper is a liar with an agenda. I hope In a year or two, some dirt on him “mysteriously” appears and his career and reputation are runined.


46 posted on 06/07/2017 2:48:22 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cobra64

Sedition. Charge, convict, etc.


47 posted on 06/07/2017 2:50:31 PM PDT by Kalamata
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To: SeekAndFind

The guy who lies only as much professionally as he has to.....


48 posted on 06/07/2017 2:51:01 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: nvcdl

Hey, it beats a convertible ride through Dealey Plaza.


49 posted on 06/07/2017 2:53:40 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: SeekAndFind
Clapper is a muslin-convert and quite possibly a Wahabist.

Move along ... nothing to see here.

50 posted on 06/07/2017 3:01:39 PM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

He’ls keeping himself and The Muh Russia Narrative in the news. He’ll say under oath, when he’s inevitably called to testify, that he was referring to the “seriousness of the charge” greater than Watergate.

He’s a spineless, elitist, irrelevant, bitter dinosaur.


51 posted on 06/07/2017 3:09:54 PM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: SeekAndFind

Russia Gate: Tilting at windmills.


52 posted on 06/07/2017 3:13:11 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: jmaroneps37

Clapper is a lying sack of dog crap.


Couldn’t have said it better.


53 posted on 06/07/2017 3:25:28 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: SeekAndFind

Clapper has lied under oath, spied on all sorts of citizens, has failed to protect us, and is a traitorous coward

Other than that....


54 posted on 06/07/2017 3:44:42 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: HarleyLady27

ROTFLOL.....they’re so stupid, they got the wrong Trump.

S-o-o-o-o- funny.

Donald can put them through the wringer on this.

Such fun ahead.


55 posted on 06/07/2017 4:43:17 PM PDT by Liz ( Liberalism: stnding on your head, then telling the world that it's upside down.)
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To: Liz

I couldn’t believe it when I seen it...it was like, are you guys this stupid, or do you hate President Trump so much you would try to pull something like this...

Answer to both: YES...

Media, talking heads and radio show hosts are the bottom of the garbage cans!!!


56 posted on 06/07/2017 4:45:54 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Great liars of old pale in comparison to James Clapper....


57 posted on 06/07/2017 4:52:44 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: HarleyLady27

Media types-—dumpster divers at the back door of the Russian Embassy.


58 posted on 06/07/2017 4:58:54 PM PDT by Liz ( Liberalism: stnding on your head, then telling the world that it's upside down.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Clapper is agitating his leftist weenies toward Civil War 2.0 and believes he will be unaffected by the consequences of his outright treason.


59 posted on 06/07/2017 4:59:25 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: SeekAndFind

This is part of the deep state’s attempted coup against the democratically elected president of the United States and the American people who believe they should be the ones who determine who leads the country.


60 posted on 06/07/2017 5:09:54 PM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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