Obama irked and exasperated in response to Trump's wiretapping claims, sources say

cnn.com ^ | 3/8/17 | Jeff Zeleny and Kevin Liptak

[ColdOne]

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama was irked and exasperated in response to his successor's uncorroborated wiretapping accusation, sources close to the former president tell CNN, though these sources say Obama's reaction stopped short of outright fury. Obama and his aides responded with disbelief when they learned of President Donald Trump's Saturday morning tweets laying out the charges. Later in the day, an Obama spokesman said "neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false." The sources provided CNN with slightly different insight into Obama's demeanor than others who told The Wall Street Journal that Obama was "livid."

Obama's loyal army of supporters have been far more active in voicing their dissatisfaction with Trump. On social media and television, former aides have been aggressively pushing back on Trump in the first weeks of his presidency.

[Windflier]

Reacting in anger to an accusation is frequently a telltale sign of guilt. An innocent person will deny an accusation, but they normally don’t become angry or misemotional about it.

Obama is tipping his hand here.

[HamiltonJay]

uncorroborated????

Hardly. Unless you are admitting multiple reports in the NYT are false.