Posted on 09/21/2017 10:34:54 AM PDT by Signalman
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper suggested on Wednesday that "it's possible" that President Trump's voice was picked up in a wiretap as he spoke with his former campaign manager Paul Manafort.
"I wouldn't want to go there, but I will say it's possible," Clapper said.
A CNN report earlier in the week said that Manafort had been wiretapped under a FISA warrant over suspicions that Manafort had encouraged some of the Russian activities to interfere in last year's elections.
Manafort's spokesman, Jason Maloni, condemned the report, saying "If true, it is a felony to reveal the existence of a FISA warrant, regardless of the fact that no charges ever emerged."
Clapper, who was DNI under former President Barack Obama, repeatedly said on Wednesday he could not comment on the media reporting about FISA orders, but did defer to an interview he did in March on "Meet the Press" in which he said the intelligence community that he oversaw did not conduct wiretap activity on Trump or his campaign. He couched that response on his inability to speak for other authorized government entities not under his purview, but did say that if the FBI obtain a FISA warrant on something like this, he would have known about it.
Earlier this year Trump claimed in March, without evidence, that he had been wiretapped by the Obama administration. However, the Department of Justice acknowledged in a court filing earlier this month that it had no evidence of any wiretaps on Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign.
The White House has said Trump was referring to surveillance in general and the White House has pointed to reports that indicate there were surveillance efforts against Trump before he took office.
Trump must put an end to this nonsense now. It’s a cancer that must be excised.
All these people must be prosecuted and imprisoned...Clapper, Rice, Comey, Clinton inc. and even Obama if necessary and it can be proven he violated espionage laws and spied on private citizens for political purposes.
These criminal must be held to account by the law. And if Trump had a competent AG half of them would already be indicted.
Sovereign Immunity my ass...hang the bastards.
Traitor Clapper. That’s his new name...
That lying turd violated every oath he ever took to support and defend the Constitution. He has become Americas Stasi leader.
Traitor Clapper.
So after the indict Manafort, the evidence gets thrown out as his 4th Amendment rights were violated in the wire taps.
James Clapper loves the truth so much he rarely parts with it.
Can’t you say anything is possible? Like, it’s possible that Clapper is a serial killer?
Possible? I’d say “Highey Likely” old Jimmy-boy! In fact, your administration was probably banking on it.
The reason they were recording Manafort was to get recordings of Trump.
This is so worse than Watergate. Will anyone be prosecuted? As long as Hillary, Obama, Comey, Power, etc., are walking free, there is no deterrent for others to commit similar crimes with the assurance that there’ll be no consequences.
Watergate suggests that the way to do this is to start charging the little fish. The difference is that these conspiritors are protected with interlocking legal defenses that are paid from a central fund.
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