Sen Paul: Clapper should resign for 'lying to Congress'

Sen Rand Paul (R-KY) called on Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to resign his post. Sen Paul also floated the idea of prosecuting Clapper for perjury.

Sen Paul said Clapper’s misleading testimony to a Senate panel in early 2013 about a National Security Agency program that collected phone records has hurt the United States far worse than anything leaker Edward Snowden has done. “I find really that Clapper is lying to Congress is probably more injurious to our intelligent capabilities than anything Snowden did because Clapper has damaged the credibility of the entire intelligence apparatus, and I'm not sure what to believe anymore when they come to Congress,” Sen Paul said. Sen Paul has been consistently critical of Clapper and the surveillance program since its public disclosure in 2013. “I really think that in order to restore confidence in our intelligence community, I think James Clapper should resign,” Sen Paul said. When asked if the Justice Department should file criminal charges against Clapper, Sen Paul said that if they do not, “you're just encouraging people to lie to us.”