James Clapper Says He Has Doesn’t ‘Have Any Regrets’ About Raising Alarms Over Trump’s Behavior

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper does not regret what he has said about President Donald Trump, even in the wake of the Attorney General William Barr‘s summary findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s report.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked him about possible regrets on Monday.

“In terms of things you have said on television, subsequently, over however long you’ve been talking on television, do you regret anything you have said in terms of raising questions about the president’s behavior or some of the things the president has done or said?” Cooper asked.

Clapper replied simply, “No, I don’t.”

He further explained, “I have put that in writing in my book as well. I have concerns, as do others, and I have tried to be factual and temperate and moderate about it, but I do have concerns. No, I don’t have any regrets.”

Cooper further pressed: “And do you still have the same concerns about, you know, the president, his relationship with Vladimir Putin, his tendency to side with Vladimir Putin against, you know, former intelligence officials or even his current intelligence officials?”

Clapper replied, “I do have concerns about the president’s unwillingness or inability or whatever to call out the Russian interference in the election. I would just point out that one of President [Barack] Obama‘s objectives in tasking us to do that report on the Russian interference was to hand it off to the next administration. So the Trump Administration would have that as a basis for taking action against Russia, which sort of hasn’t happened in some ways.”

Finally, Cooper asked: “So just lastly, you’ve said before that you don’t understand what you say are the strange personal deference to Putin by the president. Does Barr’s summary of Mueller’s findings, because that’s all we’ve seen, clear that up for you at all, or you certainly want to see the full report?”

Clapper suggested the summary doesn’t “cut it.”

“Well, like everyone else, I would very much like to see what Mueller actually said in his report,” Clapper told Cooper. “And hopefully answer some of the unanswered questions that I think still linger. The three and a half page summary that the attorney general provided, which was, you know, it’s kind of like headlines, details at 11:00 sort of thing, doesn’t cut it.”

Watch above, via CNN.