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Trump claims ex-intelligence chief Clapper admitted FBI spied on his campaign. That's false.
NBC "News" ^ | May 24, 2018 | by Jane C. Timm

Posted on 05/24/2018 1:01:50 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had admitted that the FBI spied on his presidential campaign, further escalating his attacks on the law enforcement and intelligence communities charged with probing possible collusion with Russia.

"Clapper has now admitted that there was Spying in my campaign," Trump tweeted, referring to an interview Clapper did Tuesday on ABC's "The View."

But that's false — Clapper did not say that. Responding to a direct question from one of the hosts, Joy Behar — "Was the FBI spying on Trump's campaign?" — Clapper said, "No, they were not."

He went on to explain that the purpose of the FBI's reported use of an informant, which is different from a "spy," was to determine what the Russians were doing.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: behar; clapper; clapperinterview; clapperlies; deepstate; dni; fakenews; informant; janetimm; joybehar; linguisticgymnastics; lsd; lyingmachine; media; mediots; moles; parsing; presstitutes; spies; spooks; spygate; timm; witchhunt
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1 posted on 05/24/2018 1:01:50 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

a spy vs informant... the thing about liars is they make you become a lawyer in what you say. It all depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is after all.


2 posted on 05/24/2018 1:03:29 PM PDT by Frapster (Bacon!)
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Clapper admitted that they had a SPY inserted in the Trump campaign. The media can defend why, but this is unprecedented


3 posted on 05/24/2018 1:03:48 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Whom do you believe? Trump or a massive liar?


4 posted on 05/24/2018 1:04:48 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He said TWICE the FBI was, “Spying”.

The level of dishonesty from our media is just staggering.


5 posted on 05/24/2018 1:04:50 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: 1Old Pro

Great news!!! The View is cancelled.


6 posted on 05/24/2018 1:05:26 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It all depends on what the meaning of “is” is. Same ol sh!t


7 posted on 05/24/2018 1:05:31 PM PDT by blu (The "B clique"...spreading humor since 1888. Not bossy enough for the A clique.)
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Ohhhhh... so they were protecting Trump from Russians. Now I get it!


8 posted on 05/24/2018 1:05:47 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Who you gonna believe?

Us or your lyin’ ears?........................


9 posted on 05/24/2018 1:06:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Frapster

It is interesting how these duche bag lib sites like NBC don’t let people comment. Clappers whole argument is based on the premise Brennen is an honorable guy, the same guy that has stated so many times how he can’t stand Trump. My god people that believe NBC must be stupid.


10 posted on 05/24/2018 1:07:44 PM PDT by Dennis M.
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He went on to explain that the purpose of the FBI's reported use of an informant, which is different from a "spy,"

Oh, brother. Keep it up, guys, November's getting closer.

11 posted on 05/24/2018 1:07:59 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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NBC News, you should have kept quiet. Expect a Tweet from Donald Trump.


12 posted on 05/24/2018 1:08:23 PM PDT by McGruff (MAGA)
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To: Kozy

Put down the crack pipe.


13 posted on 05/24/2018 1:08:26 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: Kozy

Don’t tease me.....................


14 posted on 05/24/2018 1:08:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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15 posted on 05/24/2018 1:09:03 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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IT’S NOT GOING TO WORK, NBC. IT WON’T BE LONG NOW.


16 posted on 05/24/2018 1:09:09 PM PDT by servo1969
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The White House Plumbers were set up because John Dean was concerned that certain members of the DNC were involved in romantic relationships with women who were actually prostitutes.


17 posted on 05/24/2018 1:09:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
You are a garbageman.

I am not. I am a sanitation engineer.

19 posted on 05/24/2018 1:09:58 PM PDT by jobim
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Tomato, tomato, Potato, potato... Or a “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. People are not as dumb as the left wing socialist clap trap media personalities think they are.

We all know what a spy is and this BS line that it was for the good of Trump, or in the interest of the United States is pure unadulterated BS, and we all know it so quit pretending that you can make it otherwise.


20 posted on 05/24/2018 1:10:56 PM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socalist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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