James Clapper actually said...

I think the Russian objective here was, one, to explore, we can -- in order to see if there was interest in having such a discussion on offering up, of course, dirt on Hillary Clinton.

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James Clapper discusses the Russian objectives related to the meeting at Trump Tower.

07/31/2017

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