Posted on 03/04/2017 2:23:31 PM PST by bryan999
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spokesman for Barack Obama on Saturday rejected claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that the then-president had wiretapped Trump in October during the late stages of the presidential election campaign, saying it was "simply false."
Trump made the accusation in a series of tweets, without citing evidence, just weeks into his administration and amid rising scrutiny of his campaign's ties to Russia.
"Neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false," Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement.
Trump hurled the accusation in the tweets sent early on Saturday morning.
"How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!," Trump wrote in one tweet. "I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!"
Trump said the alleged wiretapping took place in his Trump Tower office and apartment building in New York, but there was "nothing found."
U.S. intelligence agencies concluded last year that Russia hacked and leaked Democratic emails during the election campaign as part of an effort to tilt the vote in Trump's favor. The Kremlin has denied the allegations.
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It wasn’t Obama, it was a spokesman speaking for him.
This says he or no White House person. That still leaves anyone in the DOJ or FBI working for the Obama Administration.
NOTHING BUT LIES FROM THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER AND HIS HENCHMEN!
Never denied the taps existed; just said White House didn’t do it.
Time to convene a Grand Jury.
No evidence.
Seriousness of the charge.
Denial.
bo needs to recuse himself,
Remember, these are lawyers. Key word is “ordered”.
LoL. So "nor any White House official" ? How about Obama's Attorney General Lynch over at the DOJ ordered the surveillance on Trump? Yeah the order came from Lynch.
News Flash to Zero - President Trump wouldn’t make an allegation unless he already had the proof!! Let Zero wonder what else the Trump team has proof of as it pertains to Zero and his Administration, e.g., Hitlery, Jarrett, Holder et al. Time for the RATs to be covering their litter box, ya think?
Bengazi, Fast and Furious, IRS, VA, EPA, State Department, IranGate, and how many more scandals? Feel free to add as many as you can think of.
Now THIS has the feel of a true, second, Watergate. Even if he didn’t know about the taps, he does now and he is covering for subordinates who acted with his authority and general guidance. This has legs folks.
Now THIS has the feel of a true, second, Watergate. Even if he didn’t know about the taps, he does now and he is covering for subordinates who acted with his authority and general guidance. This has legs folks.
Exactly right. These people are worse than the Clintons with parsing words. Their response does not leave out the scenario where Lynch goes to Obama and says we can tap Trumps server/phones and Obama tells them to do what they thing they should (wink wink, nod nod).
If you like your DR. you can keep your Dr.
There was no Russian acking of anytghing. That is a fabricated lie to cover for Wire Tapping with absolutely no probable cause the Republican Candidate for President in the last 4 weeks of the campaign as they saw their regime slipping away. It was abuse of power never before witnessed in this country. They are hiding behind- “no proof” and “obama never did the wire tap”. What DID HE KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT? Trump is letting them twist in the wind. This is an earth quake for the Leftists. It was a crime of unbelievable magnitude and a long line of co-conspirators. More is coming but they even admit the “FISA “ warrant scam is true. We are about to see real fireworks. Trump is giving them lots of rope.
Next they’ll trot out Susan Rice to blame a YouTube video.
Read every word of the “denial”. He didn’t say (as is being reported) that Trump’s allegations are “simply false”. He said that they didn’t interfere in an independent investigation from the DOJ. So, what does that mean? Was the DOJ wiretapping Trump? “As part of that practice”, Obama didn’t order it? What does that statement even mean? The news just reports the last two words, “simply false”, but the entire denial is confusing, clintonesque...
Oh, all of a sudden, we’re talking about a “claim” !
Obama lies.
How did Hillary know what to push out to the ‘deplorables’ during her campaign if Barky didn't have Trump Tower ‘wire tapped’???
Why was the ‘very fake media’ on this RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, thing 24/7??? ANSWER: That's how they got FICA to approve the ‘wire tap’ to see if Trump and Putin had anything going...
LIES, LIES, LIES...sneaky POS Barky and a lot of people in this Country fell for his LIES!!! How's that working out for you now???
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