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Swordsmyth
06-18-2018, 03:02 PM
Former President Obama’s intelligence chief on Monday said he hoped special counsel Robert Mueller (http://thehill.com/people/robert-mueller) would wrap up his Russia investigation soon and tell the country whether there was any collusion between Moscow and President Trump (http://thehill.com/people/donald-trump)’s campaign.
“I think the overarching point here is that this whole issue has to come to a resolution,” Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in an interview with Hill.TV’s new morning show, "Rising."
“At some point special counsel Mueller and his team I hope will wrap up the investigation and clear the air one way or the other whether or not there was collusion with the Russians,” he added. “This is a cloud that is hanging over the country and certainly hanging over this presidency. And I do hope that happens, and soon.”
Clapper also addressed last week’s Justice Department inspector general report, saying anti-Trump text messages between FBI agents were “not good, particularly using a government issued device,”

More at: http://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/392745-clapper-declares-it-is-time-for-mueller-to-wrap-up-the-russia-probe-soon