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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: Trumps evidence for Obama wiretap claims relies on sketchy, anonymously-sourced reports
Of course, the White House internally is relying on an article on Breitbart titled: Mark Levin to Congress: Investigate Obamas Silent Coup vs. Trump. But, outwardly, Trump is again relying on news articles that at best do not support his allegation that President Obama ordered wire taps and, at worst for him, confirm there was an investigation into communications and money between exchanged between Trump and the Russians during his campaign.
Not surprisingly, Trump's statement is awarded 4 Pinnochios. Of course, this does not stop Representative Nunes from using Congressional resources to investigate it.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/analysis-trump%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98evidence%E2%80%99-for-obama-wiretap-claims-relies-on-sketchy-anonymously-sourced-reports/ar-AAnP5NJ
Only two articles, both with British roots, have reported that a FISA court order was granted in October to examine possible activity between two Russian banks and a computer server in the Trump Tower. This claim has not been confirmed by an U.S. news organizations. Moreover, neither article says President Obama requested the order or that it resulted in the tapping of Trumps phone lines.
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Moreover, the articles do not support the White Houses claim that these were potentially politically motivated investigations led by President Obama. The articles all suggest the FISA requests if they happened were done by the intelligence agencies and the FBI. The BBC says the investigation was prompted by a tip from a Baltic country abut possible criminal activity:
Last April, the CIA director was shown intelligence that worried him. It was allegedly a tape recording of a conversation about money from the Kremlin going into the US presidential campaign.
It was passed to the US by an intelligence agency of one of the Baltic States. The CIA cannot act domestically against American citizens so a joint counter-intelligence task force was created.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Along with Fox News, CNN and NBC!
This is NOW Main Stream Media coverage making it credible!
Because of a tweet from a madman!
dalton99a
(81,433 posts)to use sources unless they use somebody's name. Let their name be put out there."
- CPAC 2017
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)...we know Kislyak was under surveillance, and we know he was invited to Trump Tower on at least one occasion (from that oddball left field admission the other night).
Doesn't exactly take a genius to put that together...unless what they're really trying to fish out is what that surveillance may have led to.
C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)Grow up Donnie
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)obtained a FISA warrant on an individual or individuals living in or doing business from Trump tower
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)obtained a FISA warrant on an individual or individuals living in or doing business from Trump tower