Posted on 03/07/2017 9:55:44 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Donald Trump’s White House has rejected reports that F.B.I Director James Comey disagrees with Trump’s wiretapping claims against Barack Obama.
The New York Times reported at the weekend that Comey had instructed the Department of Justice (DoJ) to publicly disavow the president’s unevidenced accusation that his predecessor had ordered intelligence services to spy on him during the presidential campaign. The DoJ has not yet made any public comment on the wiretapping claims.
The White House press secretary Sean Spicer told the paper he did not accept the report that Comey had intervened to prompt a response.
“I have not seen anything, aside from another report based on anonymous sources, that that actually happened,” Spicer said. “I’m not aware that that occurred. I don’t think that we’re aware that that occurred.”
The comments highlight the lack of contact on this issue between Trump and his law enforcement or intelligence agencies.
What evidence he does have for the claims appears to come from a right-wing talk show report that was picked up by the pro-Trump news site Breitbart, rather than any privileged information.
Spicer said that Trump still had confidence in the FBI director. “There’s nothing that I have been told by him that would leave me to believe that anything is different than it was prior,” he said.
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It’s “stategery”...relax and enjoy the show.
NYT in this instance doesn’t matter. I want him fired solely because of his pre-election shenanigans.
Like yesterday!!!
That may be, but I still want Comey fired.
Ping. Sean Spicer said about Comey contacting DOJ, “I have not seen anything, aside from another report based on anonymous sources, that that actually happened,” Spicer said. “I’m not aware that that occurred. I don’t think that we’re aware that that occurred.”
I'm sympathetic to your position but if he were really half as bad as we think he is I believe DJT would have already cut him lose. Trump knows something we don't know and has decided to keep him around for SOME reason.
I'm holding my fire to see what the President has going on. He's playing chess while everyone else is still looking for their checkers.
But we don't KNOW that this happened. We just have the NYT's word for it and their word isn't worth a warm bucket of spit.
A ‘target’ that can be used willy nilly by the press as a supposed source is not someone to keep on board. I STILL maintain he should have been fired for his pre-election antics. He has no law background, no enforcement background nor any of the provenance that justifies heading up the FBI.
He taints the entire organization in my opinion.
“I have not seen anything, aside from another report based on anonymous sources, that that actually happened,” Spicer said.”
Oh come on, doesn’t comey have a phone? Call him and ask him.
Sounds like NYT wants to make a rift between FBI and Trump or even get Trump to fire Comey. I admit Comey appears very flaky but there may be much more here than meets the eye. It is NYT after all.
I should correct what I said. In my opinion he has no law enforcement background in the sense of an agent.
Still no evidence or record that Comey ever said this yet. Not a shred of evidence.
Spicer is pulling their leg. He knows.
On Hannity yesterday, Joe DeGenova said he thinks Comey needs a mental evaluation. He strongly dislikes the guy and puts the blame for the wire tapping at his feet.
Legal Wire Taps vs Wire Taps.
I think this keeps confusing the issue.
People had access to “Mined” data, to many people, that was leaked and is used for nefarious reasons
He was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY and then Deputy Attorney General. He gets high praise from Rudy Guilliani and Jeanine Pirro. I don't trust him, but I do trust President Trump.
Gotcha...ignore my last reply. ;^)
“wiretap” in todays tecno world is a figure of speech.
The correct term used should be monitoring and or mining.
Mining being data examined and used at a later date vs monitoring being real time.
Mined data is being accessed by way to many people proven by the leaks
Mining needs to be stoped, Period
See Trey Gowdy’s comments to Fox News last thursday after the closed door briefing to the Select Intel Committee.
If any “communication to the DOJ” does not publicly directly come from Comey to the DOJ, and the only “he said it” is from NYT and WaPo— then IT DID NOT AND HAS NOT HAPPENED. Which is why no-one will be hearing from the DOJ. The DOJ, recall, is now headed by Jeff Sessions who is free to flay the democrats alive.
Pretty surprised at the obtuseness of FReepers, whom have in the past been pretty astute. Start with the wikipedia history of Mr. Comey— to include his support of John Ashcroft, in pushing back against the national blanket surveillance of the entire population, which was being pushed by Alberto Gonzales... the bushie AG and Andrew Card (remember them). Should mention that the FISA court process came to us in 1978 after the Church Committee. Also- while you’re there and elsewhere, find out the fallacies about Lowretta Lynch, billy powdernose, HSBC and Mr. Comey. the repeated poster meme is incorrect.
Here’s hoping you will be pleasantly surprised. Then take a look at Robert Gates who recommended the approval as DNI of a true clueless plodder, Mr. Clapper the perfect Clouseau, to commit world crimes in plain view by lower chain actors. And who is backpedaling like all hell NOT to be indicted— cause indeed— “how would you know, Mr. Clapper” there wasn’t a tap? Hmmmm?
After all the politicizing, and wanting to create a cabal of federal Stasi-like gestop national police rubber stamped by fellow traveler dept. of “Just Us”, done by obama— it is refreshing to have Comey who understands the counterintel function of the FBI, and the need not to be seen as “one party or another” in federal interactions with state and local jurisdictional police matters.
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