It was a high confidence assessment that the preference here was, one, to damage Hillary Clinton, and two, to advantage Donald Trump.
James Clapper: “It was a high confidence assessment that the preference here was, one, to damage Hillary Clinton, and two, to advantage…”
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Clapper confirms the intelligence community's assessment regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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