Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180523:20:07:00
Clapper, director of intelligence in the obama administration said -- >> no they were not -- they were spying on -- a term i don't like, but on what the russians were doing and were they infiltrating trying to gain access and leverage and influence. >> reporter: the president suggesting the obama administration was behind it. a claim he softened today. >> i don't want to get into it yet but i'll tell you after we look at -- after we look at the proof, would he know? i would certainly hope not. >> reporter: now one question the president did not answer on the south lawn earlier today was does h...