US Politics in Trump era
James Clapper: democratic institutions are ‘under assault’ by Trump
Former national intelligence director hammers the president’s actions, calling James Comey’s firing ‘another victory for Russia’. “I think in many ways our institutions are under assault,” Clapper told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. “Both externally, and that’s the big news here, is Russian interference in our election system. And I think as well our institutions are under assault internally.”