In his testimony before Congress on Monday, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper insisted that, while the Russians did collect data on Republicans as well as Democrats, the data on Republicans was not released.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: Republicans also hacked but nothing was released #SallyYates pic.twitter.com/9nPIrRFbWk
— Rantt (@RanttNews) May 8, 2017
“Russia also collected on certain Republican Party affiliated targets, but did not release any Republican related data,” Clapper said. “The intelligence community assessment concluded first that President Putin directed an influence campaign to erode the faith and confidence of the American people in our presidential election process, second that he did so to demean secretary Clinton, and third that he sought to advantage Mr. Trump.”
Except, it’s just not true, as Wikileaks founder Julian Assange – a man who would know – was quick to point out.
DNI Clapper just misled or perjured himself to Congress saying that there was no release of Republican data. Proof: https://t.co/A2u3YFHShM
— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) May 8, 2017
Clapper misleading Congress is serious. How can we have confidence in the investigation when basics are dead wrong?https://t.co/8RQNOMyI37
— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) May 8, 2017
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