Clapper Calls Facebook Official's Post That Trump Touted 'False'
- Facebook’s Goldman had said swaying vote wasn’t main goal
- Trump retweeted Goldman’s post to deny any impact on outcome
This article is for subscribers only.
Former U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper contradicted a tweet from a Facebook Inc. executive that said swaying the 2016 election wasn’t the main aim of Russian interference outlined in a new indictment.
“Clearly the Russians were trying to affect the election,” Clapper, who served under President Barack Obama, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday. He said the notion was supported by both intelligence at the time and the indictment unsealed Friday by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities.