SYDNEY: Watergate pales in comparison to the scandals engulfing Donald Trump and the Russia connection, former top US intelligence official James Clapper said Wednesday ahead of a key Senate hearing in Washington.

Clapper, who has worked in intelligence under every US leader from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama, said his professional instincts had always been loyalty to the president, regardless of which party they come from.

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