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Congressional Republicans were flummoxed Sunday by President Donald Trump and his White Houses continued assertions provided without evidence that President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign.
A day after Trump made the charge, Hill Republicans were largely mute, and those who spoke out were perplexed at the source of Trumps information, which the White House has yet to disclose.
Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday he had seen no evidence to back up Trumps wiretap claims. Rubio is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee thats investigating Trumps ties to Russia and has received classified briefings on the issue.
I'd imagine the president and the White House in the days to come will outline further what was behind that accusation, the Florida Republican said on NBCs Meet the Press. The president put that out there, and now the White House will have to answer as to exactly what he was referring to.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/white-house-pushing-for-obama-probe-235695
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)all Sunday morning people all caught up based on a stupid tweet by Trump who got this idea from Breitbart.
Jesus Christ.
And in all this mayhem, he's probably golfing again.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)further what was behind that accusation? Yeah, I'm sure he will find the Brietbart article and outline it in red crayon.
dalton99a
(81,073 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)reportedly granted in October, 2016. Since it was a counterintelligence investigation, Trumpy is not allowed to access the report or any data relating to this investigation. The principals in the investigation include Trumpy's inner circle for his campaign, and perhaps Trumpy himself. So, perhaps Trumpy is partially correct, but the FISA warrant was NOT initiated by the Obama White House. It came from the FBI.
Trumpy is a master at distorting information to suit his needs. This is one such instant.