Clapper: US institutions 'under assault'
Clapper: US institutions under assault by Trump 01:14
Story highlights
- Clapper said his statements aren't "exculpatory"
- He warned about federal checks and balances eroding
Washington (CNN)Former
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a stern warning
Sunday about the state of the US government after President Donald
Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey last week, saying he
thinks US institutions are "under assault."
"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 -- and I think as well our institutions are under
assault internally," Clapper said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Pressed
by anchor Jake Tapper if he meant US institutions were under assault
internally from the President, Clapper responded, "Exactly."
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