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James Clapper: “So, I left it to the judgment of the FBI and that was certainly the practice I followed here.”

On the recordMay 11, 2017
So, I left it to the judgment of the FBI and that was certainly the practice I followed here.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Clapper explained his role in the investigation and clarified that he did not have knowledge of the investigation's content.

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