{"id":2465997,"date":"2025-07-24T05:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-director-of-national-intelligence-james-clapper-has-lawyered-up-amid-doj-scrutiny-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:56:26","slug":"former-director-of-national-intelligence-james-clapper-has-lawyered-up-amid-doj-scrutiny-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-director-of-national-intelligence-james-clapper-has-lawyered-up-amid-doj-scrutiny-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has \u2018lawyered up\u2019 amid DOJ scrutiny &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-director-of-national-intelligence-james-clapper-has-lawyered-up-amid-doj-scrutiny-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2465997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hired legal representation amid investigations<\/a> by the Department of Justice. This move follows accusations from the Trump administration claiming that intelligence agencies fabricated details too suggest that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to aid Donald Trump&#8217;s victory. In a recent interview with CNN&#8217;s Kaitlan Collins, Clapper acknowledged his concerns about potential prosecution, stating that he has already &#8220;lawyered up.&#8221; clapper defended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-former-u-s-officials-warn-about-bidens-military-agenda-suggests-that-biden-may-be-a-pushover\/\" title=\"Top Former U.S. Officials Warn About Biden\u2019s Military Agenda: \u2018Suggests That Biden May Be A Pushover\u2019\">intelligence reports<\/a>, emphasizing that they were thoroughly scrutinized and denying any involvement in a conspiracy, calling such allegations &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; and untrue. Additionally, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi gabbard has referred several Obama administration officials, including former President Obama, to the Justice Department for criminal inquiry related to these matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has &lsquo;lawyered up&rsquo; amid DOJ scrutiny<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2180527\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Director of National Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-clapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Clapper<\/a> admitted to CNN&rsquo;s Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday night that he has &ldquo;lawyered up.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clapper&rsquo;s decision to do so comes after recent revelations and accusations by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration <\/a>that intelligence agencies falsified information to claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia<\/a> engaged in election interference in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump win the election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3478895\/alumni-of-ccp-controlled-group-senior-positions-sensitive-industries\/\">Alumni of CCP-controlled group hold senior positions in sensitive industries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3480427\/paul-ingrassia-special-counsel-shaky-ground-jan-6-comments\/\">Trump watchdog nominee on shaky ground over past Jan. 6 comments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3480629\/trump-russiagate-reconsidered\/\">Trump and Russiagate, reconsidered<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2025\/07\/23\/clapper_i_have_concerns_trump_will_prosecute_me_i_have_lawyered_up.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> with CNN&rsquo;s Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday night, Clapper said he had already lawyered up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So what will you do if they come after you?&rdquo; Collins asked. &ldquo;What is your plan?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;ll lawyer up, I suppose,&rdquo; Clapper replied. &ldquo;I already have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> previously reported, Clapper, on Dec. 7, 2016, while director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Carlson: &#039;If You&#039;re Looking for ... Rigging, Look No Further&#039; Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">national intelligence<\/a> and investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, informed President Barack Obama and his administration that &ldquo;foreign adversaries did not use cyberattacks on election infrastructure to alter the U.S. Presidential election outcome.&rdquo; Nevertheless, the Obama administration <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3477844\/trump-russia-investigation-what-really-happened\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opted<\/a> to&nbsp; &ldquo;create a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-sanctions-russia-over-navalny-arrest-and-alleged-poisoning\/\" title=\"U.S. Sanctions Russia Over Navalny Arrest And Alleged Poisoning\">intelligence community assessment<\/a>, which it ultimately completed on Jan. 6, 2017, that would include aggressive claims about Russian interference and Russia&rsquo;s intent to help Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3479924\/gabbard-refers-obama-doj-prosecution-russia-intelligence\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> she had referred several members of the Obama administration, including former President Barack Obama, to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the director says that she&rsquo;s referred these filings to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation, tonight we&rsquo;re told they formed what is called a strike force. Do you have concerns that they will attempt to prosecute you?&rdquo; Collins asked Clapper on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, certainly I do,&rdquo; Clapper said. &ldquo;You know, after eight and a half years of this, and I don&rsquo;t know of an intelligence product that was more scrutinized, more investigated than that product was by numerous people. You know, it&rsquo;s very disconcerting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3479408\/declassified-house-intelligence-report-cia-no-evidence-putin-trump-2016-russiagate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DECLASSIFIED HOUSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT SHOWS CIA HAD ALMOST NO EVIDENCE PUTIN WANTED TO HELP TRUMP IN 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I take seriously when the President of the United States accuses me of being a participant in a treasonous conspiracy, which is ridiculous,&rdquo; Clapper added.<\/p>\n<p>Collins followed up by asking Clapper his thoughts on the accusations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s ridiculous,&rdquo; Clapper maintained. &ldquo;It just, it is untrue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2180527\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2180527\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-DNI James Clapper has hired a lawyer amid DOJ probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2465998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/d90161f451af7f868cffd9b29ae4ae81-1024x761.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[59782,33167,36548,59783,32076],"class_list":["post-2465997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doj-scrutiny","tag-james-clapper","tag-legal-defense","tag-national-intelligence","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/d90161f451af7f868cffd9b29ae4ae81-1024x761.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2466001,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465997\/revisions\/2466001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}