[Strac6]

“Obama said HE didn’t order a wiretap”

OBAMA said he didn’t order a wiretap
Obama SAID he didn’t order a wiretap
Obama said HE didn’t order a wiretap
Obama said he DIDN’T order a wiretap
Obama said he didn’t ORDER a wiretap
Obama said he didn’t order A wiretap
Obama said he didn’t order a WIRETAP.

7 ways to say it; 7 meanings.

Also, to an attorney, every word in a statement, contact, plea, etc. has a meaning.

“He didn’t order a wiretap” is very different from “No wiretap was ordered” or even more, “There was no wiretap.”

[RegulatorCountry]

Note that he didn’t deny any knowledge of a wiretap.

[Just mythoughts]

I ‘hear/read’ what you said... But the so called denial was NOT Obama said he didn't order a wiretap. The statement was that Obama could not order a wiretap on a private citizen... Well, what day did President Trump cease to be a private citizen? And the ‘order’ could well have left out Trump's name and been only for that ‘Russian bank’ in Trump Tower. There has been NO denial there was never a request for a wiretap, or an order for a wiretap at or in Trump Tower.