‘Other shoes to drop’ in probe into Russia’s alleged intervention: Ex-spymaster
Former Director of US National Intelligence James Clapper says there are "other shoes to drop" in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia’s alleged meddling in the US 2016 presidential election.
The former intelligence chief appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday to comment on Mueller’s indictment on Friday, asserting that more revelations are yet to come out.
"I do think there are other shoes to drop here besides this indictment," said Clapper, who served under former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
The spymaster further voiced confidence that the Kremlin was itself behind the intervention into the vote, which yielded President Donald Trump.
"For example, not addressed here is potential involvement of the Russian government, which we certainly saw through intelligence channels that the Russians were — government was — was masterminding this," he said.
Trump has been claiming that he did not get engaged in any collusion with Russia, yet tacitly acknowledging Moscow’s intervention.
"I never said Russia did not meddle in the election, I said 'it may be Russia, or China or another country or group, or it may be a 400 pound [sic] genius sitting in bed and playing with his computer,' " Trump tweeted. "The Russian 'hoax' was that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia - it never did!"
Another aspect of the ongoing investigation is Trump’s business ties in Russia in the wake of the 2016 vote, according to Clapper.
"I think another thing that we haven't seen much of is financial entanglements between the Trump Organization before the election and then during it," he said. "Never before have we seen an effort like this mounted by the Russians with the multidimensional nature of it and its aggressiveness and directness."
The investigation seeks to find out whether the Russian government coordinated with Trump’s aides after the intelligence community’s conclusion that the Kremlin helped with the New York billionaire’s campaign effort ahead of winning the White House, an allegation dismissed both by Moscow and the president.
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According to Mueller’s indictment, the Russians “primarily intended to communicate derogatory information about [then-Democratic candidate] Hillary Clinton, to denigrate other candidates such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and to support Bernie Sanders and then-candidate Donald Trump.”
Mueller also indicted 13 Russian individuals and three Russian entities over Moscow’s interference, whose operations allegedly started as early as 2014.
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