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.
Clapper caught lying - again.
Obama’s spy scandal:
The truth and Clapper are strangers.
The Obama Admin, to a person, is/are SHAMELESS! Lie, cheat and steal.....anything to get and keep the POWER! DISGUSTING!
That is exactly what was intended
from the criminals and hacks in the deep state.
Translation: "Trump was the target...Every time his voice was on the line, all specialists received a red revolving light on their screen and an audible "beep beep beep" in their headphones"
“It’s possible” that Donald Trump’s words were picked up. Not only picked up, but scrutinized and studied forward and back for any possible advantage that could be gleaned from taking some interpretation and using it against Trump in the campaign for the US Presidency.
This was a political operation from start to finish, played with determination to win by any means. That it failed and is now backfiring does not lessen the intent of the operatives one whit.
Anything’s “possible”. I hate it when these jackasses act coy. What does the evidence show? Just say it. And if it turns out to be different from something already testified to under oath, jail.
It has been discovered that water, is in fact wet....
Earlier, Trump claimed, without evidence, that water is wet. However, we were able to confirm that clear vegetable oils, which often look similar to water, are not in fact wet.
Shouldn’t this liar and all-around miscreant be in pr?
ping
You already "went there" you scumbag.
Only one word I can think of regarding the 0bama regime. Sedition.
5.56mm
Clapper the crapper, belongs in the clink.
In my opinion, this is the biggest political scandal since Watergate and probably worse than Watergate.
The power of the federal goverment was used by the Obama administration to illegally wiretap its political opponents, and to uncover potentially damaging information on those same political opponents.
In 1972 and 1973, The Washington Compost reported on Watergate day in and day out. Where are they now?
Where is Jeff Sessions? Sleeping?
Well I guess that makes you a bald-faced liar, doesn't it?
Even when faced with constant and direct evidence of their lies these people continue on as if they never said the first thing or that we took it the wrong way. I’m convinced there’s a learning annex class where everyone in DC learns how to lie like a boss.
LSS. He used the fraudulent “dossier” to start the ball rolling that ended with the appointment of Bobby Mueller, whose mission is the Deep State goal of reversing the election and pushing Trump out of office.
“it’s possible” cannot refer to the past, only to the future. When a person says this about the past, he means “I think so.” Logic.
When the detective asks you “Is it possible that you, on the night of the 23 of June, accidentally caused some harm to your mother-in-law causing her to die?” It means “Did you kill her?”
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