They knew that they could purposefully be nebulous when they signed this pledge/letter and the media would "distort" this to take down Trump. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Or, what goes around comes around.
So of course, Clapper has disavowed it, said they were completely wrong, the Russians had nothing to do with this, that Hunter and Joe Biden lied and are clear National security risks and controlled foreign assets, and that Trump was falsely accused.
Did I miss that announcement?
The weasel still stands by and defends his lies.
The problem is that what goes around doesn’t come around reliably. Karma doesn’t always play out immediately and in the case of the Clintons, never.