Clapper: Lack of Trump-Russia Collusion Evidence ‘Not Necessarily Exculpatory’

‘At the time I left office, I had no — I had no evidence available to me that there was collusion’

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STEPHANOPOULOS: So what is the clearest statement you can make about what you know about any possible collusion between President Trump, his associates and the Russians during the campaign?

CLAPPER: Well, my — my access insight here is aging off since officially, you know, that ended on January 20th. And at the time I left office, I had no — I had no evidence available to me that there was collusion.

But that’s not necessarily exculpatory, since I did not know the state of the investigation nor the content, what had been turned up in it.

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