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Obama administration denies Towergate: Insiders blast Donald Trump's claims
Daily Mail UK ^ | March 4, 2017 | Daily Mail Staff

Posted on 03/04/2017 9:41:40 AM PST by COUNTrecount

Obama administration denies Towergate: Insiders blast Donald Trump's claims Obama wire-tapped his phones at Trump Tower before the election in 'Nixon/Watergate' style scandal

Trump has accused Obama of wire tapping his phones at Trump Tower on Twitter

The president tweeted that Obama had been spying on him in October

He claims the phones in Trump Tower were 'tapped' before his election victory

A former senior intelligence official said 'it's highly unlikely there was a wiretap'

According to official, wiretap can't be directed at US facility, without probable cause the phone lines were being used by agents of a foreign power

The Obama administration has denied President Donald Trump's claims that Barack Obama wire-tapped his phones at Trump Tower before the election.

Ben Rhodes, the former policy advisor for Obama, blasted Trump's accusations on Twitter: 'No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.'

Rhodes' response came shortly after Trump fired off a flurry of tweets early Saturday morning claiming that the former president had been spying on him in October, a month before his election victory.

'Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benrhodes; obamafisa; towergate; trumptowertapped; watergate2
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Ben Rhodes, the former policy advisor for Obama, blasted Trump's accusations on Twitter: 'No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.'
1 posted on 03/04/2017 9:41:40 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

Obama Administration denied it.....

Well there you go!

That is good enough for CNN.

Move on... nothing here to see


2 posted on 03/04/2017 9:46:49 AM PST by Jayster
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To: COUNTrecount

Remember folks it’s not the action itself, but the “seriousness of the charge” that counts.The president just took a page out of the Democratic playbook and shoved it into their faces. In this case though the president isn’t making up a groundless charge, and look at the globalist rats coming out to defend Obama.


3 posted on 03/04/2017 9:48:38 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: COUNTrecount

This degenerate lying scumbags BROTHER IS PRESIDENT OF CBS NEWS.

Part of the coup.

ARREST THEM NOW!!!!!


4 posted on 03/04/2017 9:49:27 AM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: COUNTrecount

I hope that Trump is wiretapping, investigating and surveilling 0bama right now with legally obtained warrants. He has every justification to do it. Sedition, illegal wiretapping of Trump, diversion of funds from government settlements and penalty judgements without congressional approval to favored Leftist groups (aka Treasury theft). And much more, that’s just the recent stuff within the last week or so!


5 posted on 03/04/2017 9:49:48 AM PST by grumpygresh (When will Soros be brought to justice? Crush the vermin, crush the Left.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Yeah, right, Mr. Rhodes... *rolls eyes*


6 posted on 03/04/2017 9:50:30 AM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear these slings and arrows for you, the American people)o)
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To: COUNTrecount

Catchy title; Towergate.
I’m glad this happened at the start of the weekend. This allows more time for the charges to circulate before the MSM work to hush it up.
This is certainly a good redirection away from Sessions ‘Russian contact’ questions.
Poor Obama! He may have to postpone his return to the front lines after Trump’s direct and specific accusations.


7 posted on 03/04/2017 9:50:46 AM PST by lee martell
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To: COUNTrecount

It’s not tower gate. It’s ObamaGate!


8 posted on 03/04/2017 9:51:19 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: COUNTrecount
Though some (Fox News, for example) are speculating that Trump is reacting to the Breitbart article published Thursday entitled "Mark Levin to Congress: Investigate Obama’s ‘Silent Coup’ vs. Trump" which discusses the wiretap issue, I think it is more likely that this is retaliation for the Left's attack on Jeff Sessions.

Considering the intel resources Trump has at his fingertips, there is no reason for him to rely on a Breitbart article. He would have Jeff get to the bottom of it and then tweet it out for the world to see.

9 posted on 03/04/2017 9:51:44 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: COUNTrecount

According to official, wiretap can't be directed at US facility, without probable cause the phone lines were being used by agents of a foreign power.

10 posted on 03/04/2017 9:53:07 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: COUNTrecount

From January 11th

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap


11 posted on 03/04/2017 9:53:40 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: COUNTrecount

From January 11th

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap


12 posted on 03/04/2017 9:53:44 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: COUNTrecount

“A former senior intelligence official said”

So another CIA/FBI hack that is so senior that he cannot name himself?


13 posted on 03/04/2017 9:53:51 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: proud American in Canada

I wonder what he would have about when we wiretapped various European leaders phones?


14 posted on 03/04/2017 9:54:57 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: COUNTrecount

Anybody that reads the news knows the NSA wiretaps everybody. Are they saying the President can’t access those taps? Just like the IRS didn’t target the Tea Party. Their turn is coming.


15 posted on 03/04/2017 9:55:10 AM PST by R Rogers
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To: COUNTrecount

We are no longer dealing with speculation that Obama tapped Trump’s phone lines, we are dealing with the fact that Obama put a tapp on Trump’s phone lines.


16 posted on 03/04/2017 9:55:28 AM PST by Timpanagos1
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To: ilovesarah2012

“From the three reports, from the Guardian, Heat Street, and the New York Times, it appears the FBI had concerns about a private server in Trump Tower that was connected to one or two Russian banks. Heat Street describes these concerns as centering on “possible financial and banking offenses.” I italicize the word “offenses” because it denotes crimes. Ordinarily, when crimes are suspected, there is a criminal investigation, not a national-security investigation.”


17 posted on 03/04/2017 9:56:20 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: COUNTrecount
According to official, wiretap can't be directed at US facility, without probable cause the phone lines were being used by agents of a foreign power.

Obama, Clinton,and their fellow Rat's have been accusing Trump of doing just that since last summer.

18 posted on 03/04/2017 9:56:42 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: COUNTrecount
Part of this is going to be the questions asked.

Did you order the wiretaps? Obama likely will say no.

But what about more telling questions?

Were there wire taps on Trump and associates?

Were you and your administration briefed on the wire taps?

Who did your administration share that information with?

How quickly will this devolve into "executive privilege? Personally, if they get Obama and his administration claiming that, it's over. I'd call that evidence it occurred and Trump should call on resignation of everyone leftover from Obama--Comey comes to mind. Appoint a special prosecutor with broad authority to investigate the actions and in-actions of the Obama administration in regards to wiretapping US citizens and sharing or using that for political purposes.

19 posted on 03/04/2017 9:57:48 AM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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so Obama admin flat denies...

that is disturbing. Even the Obama administration can’t be foolish enough to deny it and simply hope Trump doesn’t have evidence.

Geezus, Trump better have the goods


20 posted on 03/04/2017 9:58:00 AM PST by BuckeyeGOP
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