The Washington Times: The U.S. intelligence community has not authenticated the 35-page dossier circulating on the Internet purporting to contain damaging information on President-elect Donald Trump, the director of national intelligence said in a statement Wednesday night.
James R. Clapper, the director, said he spoke with Mr. Trump earlier in the evening and assured him the document was not produced by his agencies, nor have they deemed the information reliable.
He did, however, seem to confirm that Mr. Trump was briefed on the existence of the document last week — which would corroborate at least part of a CNN report.
“The IC has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable, and we did not rely upon it in any way for our conclusions. However, part of our obligation is to ensure that policymakers are provided with the fullest possible picture of any matters that might affect national security,” Mr. Clapper said.
He also said he “expressed my profound dismay” to Mr. Trump about the leaks that enabled the reporting.
“We both agreed that they are extremely corrosive and damaging to our national security,” Mr. Clapper’s statement said about his conversation with Mr. Trump.
