Jake Tapper: WH officials with whom I spoke said POTUS got the info about wiretap from media - Breit

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But Trump has his WH lawyers looking for a FISA document. !!




Jake Tapper ‏Verified account @jaketapper

WH officials with whom I spoke said POTUS got the info about wiretap from media - Breitbart, Levin - not from govt sources.

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Jake Tapper‏Verified account @jaketapper 1h1 hour ago

Obviously FBI/DOJ wiretap of POTUS would be HUGE story. One illegally ordered by previous POTUS even bigger. BUT WH officials have no proof
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Jake Tapper‏Verified account @jaketapper 1h1 hour ago

3/Most reporters I know are digging on this. But every current Intel voice is saying they know of nothing to back up this claim.
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Jake Tapper‏Verified account @jaketapper 1h1 hour ago

4/Moreover we cannot pretend we haven't been here before, w/POTUS putting out wild accusations that are untethered to reality.
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Jake Tapper‏Verified account @jaketapper 1h1 hour ago

5/Obama's birth certificate/ Vaccines/ Ted Cruz's father & Lee Harvey Oswald / crowd sizes/ Vince Foster / Murder rate / 3-5 illegal votes
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Jake Tapper‏Verified account @jaketapper 1h1 hour ago

6/ In any case, will continue to report. WH call for Congress to find evidence of POTUS claim with "no further comment" is not proof.

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[mcar]

1. Tapper has been right on lately

[Jim__]

2. Not only do WH officials have no proof; they have no evidence - period.

It's a claim Trump pulled out of his ass.

[loyalsister]

4. We have to look at this from the perspective that facts don't matter

because, they don't to 45s true believers who congressional republicans also know to be their base. They will not be convinced by evidence or the lack of it especially when it comes from the enemy. If the press and political opposition are spreading only fake news, then the true believers see the WH as the sole arbiter of truth. It is becoming conventional wisdom among supporters.

Ironically, 45 is perceived as honest because aside from being crude and offensive, "telling it like it is" also means his lying is perceived as honest because it is shamelessly on display.

Post truth- post fact. I have no idea how we are going to be able to combat this but it's not with concrete facts or evidence. It's scary that it's possible and scarrier to consider where it might take us. I'm hoping there is someone smart enough to figure it out. It's not as if this strategy is brand new.

[wishstar]

3. I loved it when Spicer said Trump isn't lying if he believes the misinformation

In that early press conference where subject came up about Trump's lies about size of Inaugural crowd, Spicey basically said we must give Trump a pass on all of his lies because he believes his lies.

Obvious conclusion to draw was that Trump is therefore in a delusional bubble and will never be held accountable because he believes the falsehoods.