Posted on 03/09/2017 6:19:39 AM PST by detective
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told ABC News he did not see anything to suggest that Russia successfully infiltrated Donald Trump’s presidential campaign or recruited any of Trump’s advisers – at least as of Jan. 20, when the retired three-star general left office.
"There was no evidence whatsoever, at the time, of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians," Clapper, a career intelligence officer, told ABC News' Brian Ross in an interview Monday for "World News Tonight."
The Clapper comments came amid a fight between the Trump administration and the FBI over the wiretapping claim the President made in a series of early morning tweets Saturday from his Palm Beach getaway, in which he accused former President Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. The president compared it to the Watergate scandal but without backing that up with any explanation as to why he believes the eavesdropping occurred.
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The question is why did it take him so long to say so publicly. Especially when the media was reporting that the "intelligence community" had evidence that Trump was colluding with Russia.
CYA time....and walking it back.
Why...he is on the list to appear before congress and will not have an AG running air cover, .
The entire narrative the left has built is collapsing faster than a detonated derelict highrise.
The Russian lies are nothing but diversionary to keep our nation from moving forward. Democrats desire for power is far greater than their desire to see Americans do well.
If “no evidence”
Then what basis for tapping?
Answer: there was no basis for.tapping.
The taps were baseless.
Therefore purely political.
Hannity CONFIRMS Obama Court Order & WIRETAPPING Donald Trump Tower | Hannity 3/8/17 | Fox News
Something Obama and Hillary should have said months ago. Scum.
This will end up in a weasel hunt over POSs hiding behind semantics. The facts there was monitoring are not deniable though, we know that from the published transcripts.
Note how they ALWAYS qualify it with words like “at least as of...” or “yet” or “so far”.
This allowed them CYA while being able to keep the narrative rolling along.
Robbie Mook was on a Sunday show and he actually said, “We’ll never know if the Russians were colluding with Trump.” Which is exactly what they want. Can’t prove the unprovable.
It's ALWAYS a game of sematics when democrats are involved. It all depends on what your definition of 'is' is.
CYA time....and walking it back.
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Yep. He’s see’s this story unravelling under scrutiny and a complete lack of evidence so he goes into CYA mode. As long as the story “had legs” he was content to sit back and let the unsubstantiated rumors fly. While the Dems were benefitting, he remained silent.
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Good comment. The Dems and their allies in the media are very slippery and deceptive. Their propaganda machine is, unfortunately, very effective.
There is no evidence Russia and Trump colluded. And believe me, we hacked every phone at Trump Tower and that’s how we know. Wait a second. Can we edit that out?
I’d love to see Obama, Comey and Hillary handcuffed together
He might as well have said, "We 'll never know if those women were having sex with Trump, but...."
democRATS are not just scumbags. They are devious, lying scumbags.
But that won’t stop the media from reporting it as FACT.
Just this morning there was a story about something related to Russia and with no connection whatsoever they remarked that this story was “just like when Russia stole the election” as if it was a proven fact.
TRUMP HAD BETTER HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM DEDICATED TO STOPPING VOTER FRAUD
“The question is why did it take him so long to say so publicly.”
The damage is done. The Ministry of Propaganda has succeeded in spreading the lie and adding fuel to the anger and hatred of the the damn commies who want a coup.
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