Posted on 03/06/2017 12:21:22 PM PST by RC one
President Trump leveled an unproven allegation this weekend that former President Barack Obama tapped his phones at Trump Tower a month before the election. News outlets are lamenting the lack of proof, with some pundits asserting Mr. Trump made up the entire affair as a way to vent his anger about Attorney General Jeff Sessions decision to recuse himself from any ongoing Russian investigations. Most journalists are just dismissing the allegations as a lie. There are many reasons to question Mr. Trumps charges, but still, there are many reasons to take them seriously. Below is a list of why some Republicans are wary at the Democratic response so far, and why Mr. Trump may have a point.
1. Wiretapping was essential in retrieving the conversations of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and the Russian ambassador, which led to Gen. Flynns resignation as Mr. Trumps national security adviser.
2. On Oct. 15, 2016, the BBC reported that the U.S. secret intelligence court issued a warrant to investigate two Russian banks in conjunction with the Trump Organization.
3. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has lied about U.S. surveillance and wiretapping under oath.
3. Mr. Obama issued a carefully worded non-denial.
4. Mr. Obama expanded NSAs powers in the days before leaving office.
5. Journalists readily believe the Trump-Kremlin international conspiracy to rig the U.S. election, but immediately put down the idea the Obama DOJ using FISA against Mr. Trump.
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allegedly, they were looking for evidence of payments and no such evidence was found and yet the surveillance continued (like a fishing expedition). The existence of the two servers communicating with one another is/was not necessarily evidence of a crime let alone a FISA level crime.
The owner/founder of the bank in question, Mikhail Fridman is not regarded as overly friendly to Putin or Russian specific interests and is presently poised to invest billions into US healthcare. Putin had threatened to jail Fridman's partner Pyotr Aven, ten years back apparently.
On October 28, 2016, after a year long investigation, Lesin's cause of death was ultimately described as follows: Mr. Lesin entered his hotel room on the morning of Nov. 4
after days of excessive consumption of alcohol and sustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room.. [he] died as a result of blunt force injuries to his head, with contributing causes being blunt force injuries of the neck, torso, upper extremities, and lower extremities, which were induced by falls amid acute ethanol intoxication The significance or insignificance is not known but it is curious.
Incredible find! Thanks to Kabar!
In June, 2016, Loretta told Bill, or vice-versa, (What difference does it make), We better get a FISA request to cover our behinds. So, they go through the motions, but its turned down. Theyre covered though because if a FISA is in process, they can claim plausible deniability, or were applying for a new one later, working on it now.
In October, 2016, they panicked when they saw Trump might win. They watered down the FISA, left Trumps name out, and applied again. This one was approved and Obama is smiling thinking, Now Im covered. He was golfing and telling illegals to vote and probably didnt even think he might be in trouble as he thought the deep state had guaranteed a Hillary win. Either way, hes smiling and has plausible deniability, or so he thinks. He thinks hes untouchable.
Hey Obama, No youre not. What you did was unlawful, despicable, smacks of tyranny and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This behavior is not and will not be permitted by persons in power in these United States. You had multiple journalists, news organizations and foreign leaders under surveillance, Angela Merkel being one. This is not the Soviet Union or a Banana Republic. Your war on America is about to cease. Every movement, every call, every discussion in now being monitored by the full extent of the surveillance capability of the United States.
"Trump colluded with the Russians to steal the election.
How do we know?
Because we were wire tapping his residence and his aides
Trump accuses the Obama Administration of wire tapping
That's ridiculous, the president cannot wire tap anyone "those safeguards were put in place to protect citizens from people like you"
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I swear, listening to democrats is like dealing with toddlers
NYT such a joke. On January 20, Yup, there’s wiretaps. Now, no, what, no wiretaps, Trump is nuts, it didn’t happen, nothing to see here. Honest!
Sanctioned or unsanctioned - somebody or somebodies in DeepState intel is carrying out warfare against Trump & assoc.
So is the Old York Times going to claim their headline is false?
"Obama is no stranger to wire tapping. His administration tapped phones and computers of friends and foe alike."
It's much worse dealing with the looney democRATS.
At least you can send a toddler to their room for a time-out.
“So is the Old York Times going to claim their headline is false?
Best election and best start of a new President ever.
The NY Slimes just put a key part of their anatomy into a meat grinder and handed Trump the handle.
Great summary of the rats’s changing narrative.
Now is the Time to Completely BANISH from The White House entirely the NY Times,LA Times, Washington Compost, CNN, And ALL ASSOCIATED PRESS Reporters.
They do not need to be there, they ALL Have Their Own Government Sources Already, just look at their reporting the last 3 months.
Obama hates Trump over the birth certificate issue. The irony is that when he finally issued a fake certificate, Trump accepted it as genuine.
Trump probably figured it was a political hot potato and dropped it. I bet he still thinks we don't know who Obama is and where he came from.
The Old Grey Mare must ain’t that smart.
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