James Clapper actually said...

I was really taken aback by that. So here we're going to ask an adversary of ours, and that's what China is, who, of course, is famous for use of practicing the rule of law and we're going to ask them to investigate a political opponent.

Context

James Clapper expresses concern over President Trump's request to China to investigate Joe Biden.

10/03/2019

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