It debunks the idea of an anti-Trump FBI conspiracy, while making a stronger argument that the Carter Page wiretap was unwarranted. ....
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/09/the-grassley-letter-everyone-is-ignoring-is-way-more-important-than-the-nunes-memo-216956
Showing posts with label wiretapping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wiretapping. Show all posts
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Friday, September 22, 2017
The Mueller Probe Reportedly Has White House Staffers Freaked | Alternet
White House staff are so worried about Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's possible collusion with Donald Trump's campaign that some in the West Wing are suspicious their colleagues are wearing a wire....
http://static.icopyright.net/user/view.act?fuid=MjYxMjE1MjE=&s=repubhub&showDate=false
http://static.icopyright.net/user/view.act?fuid=MjYxMjE1MjE=&s=repubhub&showDate=false
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Manafort was under investigation before, during and after his time working for Trump—for good reason
Paul Manafort was under surveillance by the FISA court before, during, and after his six months as Donald Trump’s campaign chairman. That wasn’t because President Obama both hated Donald Trump and somehow knew that Manafort would sign onto the Trump campaign. It’s because there are few people in the nation more deserving of investigation than Paul Manafort.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1699819
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1699819
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman -- CNN Exclusive
US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN.....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/politics/paul-manafort-government-wiretapped-fisa-russians/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/politics/paul-manafort-government-wiretapped-fisa-russians/index.html
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Justice Department: No evidence Trump Tower was wiretapped -- CNN
The Justice Department said in a court filing Friday evening that it has no evidence to support President Donald Trump's assertion in March that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped the phones in Trump Tower before last year's election. ....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/02/politics/justice-department-trump-tower-wiretap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/02/politics/justice-department-trump-tower-wiretap/index.html
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Trump Didn’t Know How FISA Worked Before Making Obama Wiretap Claim
President Donald Trump waited until after publicly accusing his predecessor of wiretapping his campaign headquarters to ask aides how Barack Obama would have been able to obtain a warrant to do so, the New York Times reported Thursday....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-reportedly-didnt-know-fisa-worked-before-obama-wiretap-allegation
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-reportedly-didnt-know-fisa-worked-before-obama-wiretap-allegation
Thursday, April 13, 2017
CNN: The Russia story just keeps getting worse for President Trump
Two stories dealing with Russia's meddling in the election broke Tuesday night. And both were full of bad news for President Donald Trump. ...
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/trump-carter-page-russia-devin-nunes/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/trump-carter-page-russia-devin-nunes/index.html
Saturday, April 1, 2017
The White House is trying to distract from Trump's wiretap claims with a dubious new talking point
A former Obama administration official responsible for the Defense Department's Russia policy has come in the White House's crosshairs for what they have characterized as her admission that Obama-era officials were collecting intelligence on President Donald Trump and his transition team. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/evelyn-farkas-trump-wiretap-obama-white-house-2017-3
http://www.businessinsider.com/evelyn-farkas-trump-wiretap-obama-white-house-2017-3
Monday, March 27, 2017
This Trump tweet was one of his most terrifying lies yet -- Business Insider
The president is using his office as a platform to contest the very nature of truth. ...
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/03/trump_s_comey_tweet_was_one_of_his_most_terrifying_lies_yet.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/03/trump_s_comey_tweet_was_one_of_his_most_terrifying_lies_yet.html
Fact Check: Trump Misleads About The Times’s Reporting on Surveillance
In an interview with Time magazine on Wednesday, President Trump cited The New York Times as evidence of his claim, made in a series of Twitter posts on March 4, that President Barack Obama had wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign. The F.B.I. director, other top intelligence officials and numerous Republicans have rejected this claim.
Here’s an assessment of Mr. Trump’s references to The Times’s reporting....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/politics/fact-check-trump-misleads-surveillance-wiretapping.html?_r=0
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/politics/fact-check-trump-misleads-surveillance-wiretapping.html?_r=0
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Trump Surveillance Flap Throws Monkey Wrench Into House Russia Investigation
Explosive accusations and countercharges on Wednesday threatened to derail one of Congress' investigations into the potential connections between President Trump's 2016 campaign aides and Russia's meddling in the election.
The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes of California, announced that he had learned that then-President-elect Donald Trump and some of his staff had been caught up in U.S. surveillance of foreign targets overseas in the months after the election....
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/22/521133929/house-intel-chair-trump-aides-swept-up-in-legal-u-s-surveillance
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/22/521133929/house-intel-chair-trump-aides-swept-up-in-legal-u-s-surveillance
Rep. Adam Schiff slams House Intelligence chair for acting as a ‘surrogate of the White House’
“President Trump’s claims that he was [wiretapped] remain as baseless today as they were yesterday and the day before.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/rep-adam-schiff-slams-house-intelligence-chair-for-acting-as-a-surrogate-of-the-white-house-79c33ddb51c6#.cfevyxiqp
https://thinkprogress.org/rep-adam-schiff-slams-house-intelligence-chair-for-acting-as-a-surrogate-of-the-white-house-79c33ddb51c6#.cfevyxiqp
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Ryan: We Didn't Learn Anything New From Comey Hearing (TPM)
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday said that he did not learn anything "new" from FBI Director James Comey's testimony about Russian interference in the U.S. election. He also reiterated that he has not seen any evidence indicating that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian government officials. ...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/paul-ryan-comey-russia-nothing-new
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/paul-ryan-comey-russia-nothing-new
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
The Most Telling Thing About the FBI’s Probe into Trump
… And why it means Trump should probably flee the country...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsheoKNDTHY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsheoKNDTHY&feature=youtu.be
Saturday, March 18, 2017
“I think that President Obama is owed an apology”: GOP congressman calls on President Trump to apologize for wiretapping accusation (Salon)
The White House has grown increasingly isolated in its defense of Trump's unsubstantiated claims...
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/17/i-think-that-president-obama-is-owed-an-apology-gop-congressman-calls-on-president-trump-to-apologize-for-wiretapping-accusation/.
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/17/i-think-that-president-obama-is-owed-an-apology-gop-congressman-calls-on-president-trump-to-apologize-for-wiretapping-accusation/.
Can We Believe Anything Trump Says?: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump's claims on wiretapping and the new Republican health care plan....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYDD_cA0uM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYDD_cA0uM&feature=youtu.be
Friday, March 17, 2017
Trump's Cruel Budget Caps off Bad Week: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump's latest travel ban block, the debunking of his wiretapping claims and his drastic new budget plan....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIQ4ng0e1GU&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIQ4ng0e1GU&feature=youtu.be
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Republicans are threatening to expose Trump as the emperor with no clothes
It's almost as though Republicans are tired of having President Trump's evidence-free allegations laid at their feet. Almost....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/14/republicans-are-threatening-to-expose-trump-as-the-emperor-with-no-clothes/?utm_term=.b5e39e44c2f1#comments
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/14/republicans-are-threatening-to-expose-trump-as-the-emperor-with-no-clothes/?utm_term=.b5e39e44c2f1#comments
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Trump's Lies on Wiretapping, Health Care: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at Trump's outlandish claims on wiretapping and the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
https://youtu.be/_isYp06LPts
https://youtu.be/_isYp06LPts
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