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The Russian outlet has been facing censorship and legal hurdles in the country since 2017
Jul 30, 2025 09:51
E-mail reveals ex-FBI chief Comey signed FISA warrant despite KNOWING he couldn’t verify Steele Dossier on Trump/Russia
Former FBI Director James Comey is under scrutiny after a newly released email showed he may have signed a warrant based on the Steele Dossier while being unable to verify any of the information in it.
Feb 16, 2021 16:11
Biden is ‘absolutely right’ that Trump cannot be trusted with classified briefings, says Obama's spymaster Clapper
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is throwing his weight behind an argument President Joe Biden made last week, saying Donald Trump cannot be trusted with classified information now that he’s out of office.
Feb 8, 2021 16:10
‘Never saw any direct evidence’: Clapper admission torpedoes Democrat push to revive Trump-Russia conspiracy with transcript dump
House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff has published all the transcripts of ‘Russiagate’ interviews he had kept secret, blaming President Donald Trump for the delay, but their content belied his conspiracy narrative.
May 7, 2020 23:48
Clapper claims he ‘didn’t lie’ about NSA spying on Americans, but ‘didn’t understand’ the question
NSA director-turned-cable-news-pundit James Clapper is still insisting he wasn’t lying when he told a congressional panel the NSA wasn’t spying on American citizens – three months before Edward Snowden told everyone it was.
Mar 6, 2019 03:14
Clapper vs Brennan: Ex-DNI chief says ex-CIA head’s attacks on Trump becoming 'an issue’
John Brennan and his inflammatory rhetoric aimed at Donald Trump’s “treasonous behavior” are becoming “an issue in and of itself,” James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, has said of the ex-CIA chief.
Aug 20, 2018 14:03
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