James Clapper: Michael Flynn joined Trump team out of spite after being fired Obama
by Gabby Morrongiello
| May 28, 2018 10:06 AM
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in an interview this week that fired White House national security adviser Michael Flynn "latched onto" Donald Trump during the 2016 election out of frustration with the way he was treated by Democratic President Barack Obama.
Flynn was forced to retire as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 after facing pressure to leave from Clapper and other top Obama administration officials, with whom he had repeatedly clashed throughout his tenure.
"I think it ate at him that he was terminated and retired early, and I think he became an angry man," Clapper told Axios in an interview published Monday.
"[Flynn] was trying to reach out to several Republican candidates and latched onto Trump – and the rest was history," Clapper added.
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