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mitty14u2

(1,015 posts)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:15 AM Mar 2017

Trumps Lie Obama Tapped Phone Was a Diversion over Jeff Sessions will Recuse Himself!

Jeff Sessions will recuse himself 3/2/2017, Trump said Obama Tapped His Phones 3/4/2017


Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday 3/2/2017 that he will recuse himself from investigations related to the 2016 presidential campaign, which would include any Russian interference in the electoral process.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/top-gop-lawmaker-calls-on-sessions-to-recuse-himself-from-russia-investigation/2017/03/02/148c07ac-ff46-11e6-8ebe-6e0dbe4f2bca_story.html?utm_term=.01c8383b82f6

Trump, Offering No Evidence, Says Obama Tapped His Phones

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump on Saturday 3/4/2017 accused former President Barack Obama of tapping his phones at Trump Tower the month before the election, leveling the explosive allegation without offering any evidence.

Mr. Trump called his predecessor a “bad (or sick) guy” on Twitter as he fired off a series of messages claiming that Mr. Obama “had my ‘wires tapped.’” He likened the supposed tapping to “Nixon/Watergate” and “McCarthyism,” though he did not say where he had gotten his information.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/us/politics/trump-obama-tap-phones.html?_r=0

Report: Trump furious that Sessions recused himself

President Trump is furious over Attorney General Jeff Sessions decision to recuse himself from investigations into Russia, according to reports Saturday.

Sessions on Thursday recused himself from any investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, bowing to mounting bipartisan pressure after it was revealed he spoke to Moscow's U.S. envoy during the campaign then denied doing so during his confirmation hearings. Sessions said he made his decision after consulting with officials at the Justice Department, who recommended he should no longer participate in the probe.

Washington Post reporter Robert Costa tweeted Saturday morning that President Trump left the White House "in a fury" on Friday, "fuming about [Jeff] Sessions's recusal and telling aides that Sessions shouldn't have recused himself," also calling  the reports of his meeting "bull."

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/322363-reports-trump-told-aides-sessions-shouldnt-have-recused-himself

Everyone seems to forget what happened on the Thursday before Trump went on his Crazy, Jeff Sessions Recused himself and it worked, nobody is talking about how pissed Trump was about Sessions and why it aggravated him other than he would or could protect Trump Inc.?

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Trumps Lie Obama Tapped Phone Was a Diversion over Jeff Sessions will Recuse Himself! (Original Post) mitty14u2 Mar 2017 OP
You can pretty much assume anything Trump does is a diversion... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #1
That's only half the story. tableturner Mar 2017 #2

Wounded Bear

(58,596 posts)
1. You can pretty much assume anything Trump does is a diversion...
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:34 AM
Mar 2017

from something. His whole schtick is the shell game.

tableturner

(1,679 posts)
2. That's only half the story.
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:36 AM
Mar 2017

The other, more important, aspect is that Trump is setting up his defense, knowing he will soon go down. He will say this is an Obama plot, and then mention that the CIA and FBI are prejudiced against him and are not to be trusted.

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