

Early Saturday morning, President Donald Trump took a swing at “lying machine” James Clapper by tweeting out accusations he heard on Fox & Friends.

“’Clapper lied about (fraudulent) Dossier leaks to CNN,'” Trump wrote, parroting his favorite Fox show. He added: “He is a lying machine who now works for Fake News CNN.”

“Clapper lied about (fraudulent) Dossier leaks to CNN” @foxandfriends FoxNews He is a lying machine who now works for Fake News CNN. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 28, 2018

The accusations stem from Fox’s report that Clapper “discussed the dossier with CNN journalist Jake Tapper in early January of last year.”

'What a Bunch of Slime Bags': @dbongino Rips Clapper, Comey Over Leaks on Trump Dossier @foxandfriends https://t.co/ajVpZ1SzGN — FoxNewsInsider (@FoxNewsInsider) April 28, 2018

The evidence of their claims, according to Fox, is this tweet sent out by Rep. Mark Meadows, a man once reportedly in the running for Trump’s chief-of-staff.

James Comey and James Clapper insist they had nothing to do with the media reporting of the Russian dossier. It sure looks like that isn't true. Read this remarkable section from the Intel report. Clapper discussed the dossier with journalists and lied to the committee about it. pic.twitter.com/sEAOkahJUT — Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) April 27, 2018

Yet, according to ex-CIA chief John Brennan, Trump’s decision to tweet out a conspiracy theory peddled by Fox News smacks of hypocrisy.

“Mr. Trump: Your hypocrisy knows no bounds,” Brennan wrote. “Jim Clapper is a man of integrity, honesty, ethics, & morality. You are not.”

He added: “Jim Clapper served his country for over a half century, including in Vietnam. You did not. By your words & behavior, you diminish the Office of the Presidency.”

Mr. Trump: Your hypocrisy knows no bounds. Jim Clapper is a man of integrity, honesty, ethics, & morality. You are not. Jim Clapper served his country for over a half century, including in Vietnam. You did not. By your words & behavior, you diminish the Office of the Presidency. https://t.co/bYlmZInDoM — John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) April 28, 2018

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