Hayden on Russian Indictments: We Will See a ‘Widening Circle’ that Will Get Americans

The indictment ‘doesn’t say no Americans were involved’

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TAPPER: "The White House points to the fact that no American is indicted in this indictment and it is — there are no assertions any American worked with the Russian military officers. With that in mind, the white House and Rudy Giuliani, the president’s lawyer said, that should be the end of it. What do you make of it when you see unnamed individuals and organizations in the indictment?"
HAYDEN: "Yeah, so, clearly, you know this, the indictment says we take no view on whether Americans were involved. Doesn’t say no Americans were involved. We are not talking about that now. You know, the longer this goes on, I began Jake, you and I talked about this a long time thinking it was going to end up in an inconclusive cloud. If you want to see “X,” you will see it. If you want to see “Y,” you will see it. The more this goes on, the more I believe we are going to see a widening circle here. Let me say something —"
TAPPER: "You mean in terms of indictment?"
HAYDEN: "It’s not a prediction, observation. I would not be surprised if this wor in the the last indictment we see that doesn’t mention an American."

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