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   From: srich@cnn.com   
      
   James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence,   
   told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Monday that he still has   
   not seen any evidence of any kind of collusion between the Trump   
   campaign and Russian foreign nationals.   
      
   Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-N.C., asked if Clapper's prior statement   
   was correct, when he said on NBC that there was "no evidence' of   
   collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. When   
   asked if that is still accurate, Clapper said Monday, "it is."   
      
   On NBC weeks earlier, Clapper said, "We did not include any   
   evidence in our report, and I say, 'our,' that's NSA, FBI and   
   CIA, with my office, the Director of National Intelligence, that   
   had anything, that had any reflection of collusion between   
   members of the Trump campaign and the Russians. There was no   
   evidence of that included in our report."   
      
   When former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was asked the   
   same question, she declined to answer indicating that to do so   
   might reveal classified information.   
      
   But Yates clarified further by saying, "Just because I say I   
   can't answer it, you should now draw from than an assumption   
   that the answer is 'yes.'"   
      
   When Graham asked Clapper why the original report on Russian   
   meddling in the 2016 election did not include the so-called   
   "Russian dossier" which cropped up weeks later in the Trump   
   administration, Clapper said, "We couldn't corroborate the   
   sourcing."   
      
   http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/james-clapper-still-no-   
   evidence-of-any-russian-collusion-with-trump-   
   campaign/article/2622452   
                   
      
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