President Trump on Thursday continued to tweet about the report of an FBI informant who interacted with some Trump campaign advisers.

President Trump on Thursday continued to tweet about the report of an FBI informant who interacted with some Trump campaign advisers.
"[James] Clapper has now admitted that there was Spying in my campaign. Large dollars were paid to the Spy, far beyond normal. Starting to look like one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history. SPYGATE - a terrible thing!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
However, CNN notes that Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, didn't make that claim.
When asked during an appearance on ABC's 'The View,' if the FBI was "spying" on Trump's campaign, Clapper said, "no, they were not."
"They were spying on, a term I don't particularly like, but on what the Russians were doing. Trying to understand were the Russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage or influence which is what they do," Clapper added.
A New York Times piece on Friday also rebutted Trump's recent assertion of politically motivated spying, stating, "F.B.I. agents sent an informant to talk to two campaign advisers only after they received evidence that the pair had suspicious contacts linked to Russia during the campaign." 
However, the president has continued to echo his claim in delivered remarks and tweets.
"A lot of people are saying they had spies in my campaign," Trump told reporters on Tuesday. "If they had spies in my campaign, that would be a disgrace to this country. That would be one of the biggest insults that anyone has ever seen, and it would be very illegal, aside from everything else. It would make, probably, every political event ever look like small potatoes."