Republican Senator: Trump causing a civilization-warping crisis for US with wild wiretap charges

[babylonsister]

Republican Senator: Trump causing a ‘civilization-warping crisis’ for US with wild ‘wiretap’ charges
David Ferguson
04 Mar 2017 at 18:03 ET


Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse has called on Pres. Donald Trump to provide proof of his wild accusations that former Pres. Barack Obama wiretapped his phones before the 2016 election.

In a statement posted to Twitter Saturday afternoon, Sasse accused Trump of creating a “civilization-warping crisis of public trust” with his erratic and unsupported accusations that Obama tapped the phones at Trump Tower, which Sasse said call for a “thorough and dispassionate” investigation.

“The president today made some very serious allegations, and the informed citizens that a republic requires deserve more information,” Sasse wrote. “If there were wiretaps of then-candidate Trump’s organization or campaign, then it was either with FISA Court authorization or without such authorization. If without, the President should explain what sort of wiretap it was and how he knows this. It is possible that he was illegally tapped.”

“On the other hand, if it was with a legal FISA Court order, then an application for surveillance exists that the Court found credible,” he explained. “The President should ask that this full application regarding surveillance of foreign operatives or operations be made available, ideally to the full public, and at a bare minimum to the U.S. Senate.”‘

He concluded, “{T}he President’s allegations today demand the thorough and dispassionate attention of serious patriots. A quest for the full truth, rather than knee-jerk partisanship, must be our guide if we are going to rebuild civic trust and health.”

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[guillaumeb]

1. Recommended.

One sane GOP Senator. I am hoping for more.

[ffr]

2. And it was all started by Brietbart

He should resign and take Jeff Sessions with him.

[Doreen]

6. How much do you think Bannon may be behind this?

[ffr]

7. Today's tweetstorm? Almost nothing, since he's being summoned to FL WH tonight.

I think tRump is in bunker mode as the lies have caught up with him and his band of liars.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Trump's claim of Obama's supposed wiretapping is the way to get an investigation.

Make tRump pay for his small stupidity in accusing Obama by using his accusation to trigger a much larger investigation into the Russian scandal.

Hey Republicans, the Minority President made a serious allegation against your common foe. Investigate the whole ball of wax.

Of course, Obama did not order wiretaps or see/hear the results. Officials in the Justice Department are empowered to do that and it seems that they did.

[babylonsister]

5. Maybe dt just wants out by whatever means possible.

Sure seems that way sometimes.

[Eugene]

4. Trump will do that right after he releases his tax returns

and proof of "millions of illegal votes" in the 2016 election.
IOW, the fourth week of never.