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3. JAMES CLAPPER: interference 'cast doubt on the legitimacy' of Trump's victory

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Fri Sep 22, 2017, 11:52 PM

Sep 2017

Bryan Logan

James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, said Friday that the US intelligence community's assessment of Russia's interference in the 2016 election "cast doubt on the legitimacy" of President Donald Trump's victory.

"Our intelligence community assessment did serve to cast doubt on the legitimacy of his victory in the election," Clapper said of Trump in a CNN interview Friday evening.

"I think that, above all else, is what concerned him, and I think that transcends, unfortunately, the real concern here, which is Russian interference in our political process which, by the way, is going to continue," Clapper said ...

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-legitimacy-russia-election-interference-james-clapper-us-intelligence-assessment-2017-9

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JAMES CLAPPER: interference 'cast doubt on the legitimacy' of Trump's victory struggle4progress Sep 2017 #3

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+ struggle4progress Sep 2017 #7

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