Posted on 03/05/2017 8:06:36 AM PST by RoosterRedux
The White House on Sunday called for congressional investigations into its claims the Obama administration meddled in the 2016 election cycle in an attempt to gather information on then-Republican nominee Donald Trump.
“Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in the statement.
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“President Donald J. Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016.”
The statement follows an explosive allegation Saturday by Trump that former President Barack Obama ordered phones wiretapped at Trump Tower and also states that nobody in the administration “will comment further until such oversight is conducted.”
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Heheh.
First, a classified briefing to show the proof so he can shut down that stupid meme talking point “unsubstantiated”
Or maybe just declassify his proof and show it in a nationwide address so we don’t have to read about it, flitered and censored, in the NYT
Ping
Trump has proven himself a very shrewd player. He has the goods on the idiot 0bama
These deep state clowns think that they are soooo smart.
Welcome to the Big Leagues, boys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91fNfGjZdM0&feature=youtu.be
Levin ties it up neatly with publicly available information. Its open knowledge.
I want our AG to seperate the “Russian Rumors” and the “Obama Wiretaps”. He has recused himself from the former but needs to fully investigate the latter.
Put it on pay per view, you could pay off the national debt twice over.
I guess this will get interesting Now
Maybe 2017 will be the summer of the Obama-FISA hearings.
Would there be any possible legal basis for government officials to withhold from President Trump any document that he requests about surveillance of himself or his campaign? Unless he himself personally is suspected of being a criminal or foreign agent, I cannot see why he cannot simply order he FBI, NSA, CIA and DOJ to provide him their complete files including the content of the intercepts, all warrant applications and affidavits, all approvals up the DOJ chain of command, etc. I hope I am wrong but I worry that the President is not excercisig the ful authority of his office. That is, if Brennan, Comey, Sally Yates, Loretta Lynch and who knows who else were allowed to see this information, why is it not on President Trump’s desk? I am particularly interested in Freeper lawyers’ responses who understand the applicable laws. And if it is not being provided, why is nobody being fired? And why on earth are Comey and his deputy McCabe still in their postions?
The same Clapper that lied under oath to Congress? Mr. Credibility - NOT!
“Or maybe just declassify his proof”
Why? Because the libs are asking for it? Where is the proof of Russian hacking, etc? Give them nothing. Just prosecute and throw the bastards in jail.
No FISA warrant? That means they listened in on American citizens without a warrant?
The passage of more than three years hasn’t cooled the insistence in certain quarters that Clapper face charges for an admittedly false statement to Congress in March 2013, when he responded, “No, sir" and "not wittingly” to a question about whether the National Security Agency was collecting “any type of data at all” on millions of Americans.
Clapper has np reputation thanks to Edward Snowden
Well if there was no warrant then it was warrantless wire tapping
and the investigation gets even more interesting
either way someone is screwed
And now Sessions needs to UN-RECUSE (or narrow down his recusal) because the people who did this will claim they were performing “due diligence” (har har) to protect the Republic from Russian infiltration of Trump’s campaign
If Sessions does not do this then Trump effectively has NO ATTORNEY GENERAL on this case - only some Obama appointee or 2d hand pony
James lying Clapper goes on Meet the Press and claims there is no FISA warrant
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As I understand this, FISA warrants that do not return actionable intel are destroyed, as is all record of their even being requested.
So, we have traveled back in time to “It depends on what the meaning of _is_, is.”
I’m sure Trump has the case wrapped up in a pink ribbon, ready to be handed over.
Trump has proven himself a very shrewd player. He has the goods on the idiot 0bama
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