Clapper says Trump asked him to publicly refute Steele dossier on Russia ties, "which I couldn't do"

[kpete]

Clapper says Trump asked him to publicly refute the Steele dossier on Russia ties, "which I couldn't do and didn't"

Details of the dossier had begun to leak out after the Jan. 6 briefing, in which FBI Director James Comey informed Trump of the file’s existence as a warning that the Kremlin might try to use it.

“His main concern was, I think he asked me to put out a rebuttal or repudiation of the dossier which I couldn't do and didn't,” Clapper told ABC News in the interview on Monday. “I had no way of validating, at the time corroborating the information in it. Some of the second and third order sources that were used in that we could not corroborate and I told him that.”

Instead, Clapper released a statement on Jan. 11 which fell far short of what Trump had asked for, according to a senior official who confirmed Clapper’s story. The Clapper statement in January said only that he told the president-elect, “This document (the Steele dossier) is not a U.S. Intelligence Community product and that I do not believe the leaks came from within the IC."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clapper-denies-trump-wiretap-claim-calling-distraction/story?id=45944926

[bdamomma]

1. K&R

[Hekate]

2. Beware the speech of an honest man. KnR

[global1]

3. He Asked Clapper To Do What He Just Asked Comey To Do.....

there's a pattern here.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. and he neither knows or cares that the IC heads cannot legally do what he wants.

What happens when he installs moron in those positions?
Or a Bannon type?

[Wellstone ruled]

5. For crying out loud Donnie,

yes you are that dumb. Next thing will be Donnie asking for more shovels so he can keep digging his hole,hope he has a Chinese interpreter.

[Cha]

6. Thank you for that info, Mr Clapper