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Comey Asks Justice Dept. to Reject Trump’s Wiretapping Claim
New York Times ^ | March 5th 2017 | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MICHAEL D. SHEAR

Posted on 03/05/2017 1:50:03 PM PST by MadIsh32

WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr. Trump’s phones, senior American officials said on Sunday. Mr. Comey has argued that the highly charged claim is false and must be corrected, they said, but the department has not released any such statement.

Mr. Comey made the request on Saturday after Mr. Trump leveled his allegation on Twitter. Mr. Comey has been working to get the Justice Department to knock down Mr. Trump’s claim because there is no evidence to support it and it insinuates that the F.B.I. broke the law, the officials said.

A spokesman for the F.B.I. declined to comment. Sarah Isgur Flores, the spokeswoman for the Justice Department, also declined to comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anonymoussources; comey; fakenews; fbi; lynch; nyslimes; nyts; obama; phoneman08; russia; trump; wiretap; wiretapping
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1 posted on 03/05/2017 1:50:03 PM PST by MadIsh32
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To: MadIsh32

Time to fire Comey and every DOJ attorney.


2 posted on 03/05/2017 1:51:26 PM PST by WMarshal (President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
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To: MadIsh32

Consider the source and the exact words NYT is using here.


3 posted on 03/05/2017 1:51:30 PM PST by Professional
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To: MadIsh32

FIRE COMEY!!!!!


4 posted on 03/05/2017 1:51:51 PM PST by teletech
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To: MadIsh32

Wow. I bet he was involved then.


5 posted on 03/05/2017 1:51:52 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: MadIsh32

WTF?

CC


7 posted on 03/05/2017 1:52:22 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Professional

Ok, it’s the tortured use of the english language....look closely....words mean different things for liars...

“...reject President Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr. Trump’s phones...”


8 posted on 03/05/2017 1:52:31 PM PST by Professional
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To: MadIsh32

Foley SO needs to be fired.


9 posted on 03/05/2017 1:52:35 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: MadIsh32

More unnamed sources

IF true then McCabe and Comey need to be fired


10 posted on 03/05/2017 1:52:40 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: MadIsh32

An hour ago he was the hero bringing this to light. WTF?


11 posted on 03/05/2017 1:53:00 PM PST by Stopthethreat
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To: madison10

Or is this, in fact, a means to smoke out the moles/traitors in DOJ?


12 posted on 03/05/2017 1:53:25 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: piytar

Sorry I meant Comey.


13 posted on 03/05/2017 1:53:28 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: WMarshal

About six weeks late for that.

Yikes!


14 posted on 03/05/2017 1:53:36 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Professional

Ugh, I can’t believe how many Freepers fly off the handle without thinking “fake news” or “fake source”. Ugh...

Is it possible that Comey is a back stabber? Maybe, but I know for DAMN sure that the NYT is liars and back stabbers.


15 posted on 03/05/2017 1:54:17 PM PST by Professional
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To: MadIsh32

They are trying to detach Obama from any direct order....it will fall on AG Lynch, or her people.


16 posted on 03/05/2017 1:54:28 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: MadIsh32

Why does any conservative still post Fake News?


17 posted on 03/05/2017 1:54:29 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: MadIsh32

Guess Comey and NYT have not seen the Levin interview where Levin quotes NYT...shows that according to main line media sources, there SIX agencies investigating Trump...\

Sooo Comey is incorrect or worse from what Levin said...

Amazing Levin interview—the old Levin is back!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA6QLbFi0do


18 posted on 03/05/2017 1:54:32 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (JOHN 8:32 THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.)
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To: Professional

Yes, I see no verifiable source for the statement. #FAKENEWS


19 posted on 03/05/2017 1:54:39 PM PST by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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To: MadIsh32

The whole wiretapping of the Trump campaign would be a non-issue if Hillary won the election. Only Trump won. So Obama Admin. had to manufacture the Russian meme to cover up their illegal activities.


20 posted on 03/05/2017 1:54:42 PM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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