House Intelligence Chair Says He Will Investigate Eavesdropping Claims

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ESME CRIBB Published MARCH 5, 2017, 12:26 PM EDT

House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) said on Sunday that his committee will "make inquiries" into whether President Barack Obama's administration eavesdropped on campaign officials before the 2016 election, as President Donald Trump has baselessly claimed it did.

"One of the focus points of the House Intelligence Committee's investigation is the U.S. government's response to actions taken by Russian intelligence agents during the presidential campaign," Nunes said in a statement. "As such, the Committee will make inquiries into whether the government was conducting surveillance activities on any political party’s campaign officials or surrogates, and we will continue to investigate this issue if the evidence warrants it."

In a series of tweets posted early Saturday, Trump baselessly claimed that Obama was “wire tapping” his phones at Trump Tower before the 2016 election. He offered no evidence to support his allegations.

A spokesperson for Obama rejected Trump's claims later the same day, saying in a statement that "neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen."

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[dalton99a]

1. Such prompt service.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Good. Bring it on.

Funny how they are so eager to investigate something a Democrat is claimed to have done but don't want to investigate whether Trump's campaign colluded with a hostile foreign government to win the election.

[narnian60]

6. +1000

[lagomorph777]

32. Excellent. And if a FISA warrant shows up,

let's talk about why the FISA court saw probable cause, and what were the fruits of the monitoring.

[ProudLib72]

3. Oh please do!

And report back to us that the claim was made by a lying sack of shit whose only defense is leveling calumny at an ex president.

[mpcamb]

31. Nunes? Investigate? Devin Nunes couldn't find his behind with both hands and a search warrant.

[mobeau69]

4. Seems like the first witness would be the orange mess.

Investigate away, Nunes. Get the party started.

[TomCADem]

5. Trump and Nunes...

[nikibatts]

29. By all means, get his orange ass under oath.

[onecaliberal]

7. Waste more tax payer funds on nothing while you actively work to fuck very poor people

Because there a no money for social program. I really despise these people

[SansACause]

8. Search for the "real" OJ killer while you're at it.

I mean, who really killed those two people? Americans deserve to know.

[TomCADem]

9. Here Is Devin Nunes (CA)'s Website...

...which includes links to stories that are skeptical of climate change.

http://nunes.house.gov/

http://nunes.house.gov/district/interactivemap.htm

[riversedge]

25. His website sure smells like a stinking RW site!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Day by day Nunes is working to make himself more complicit in the coverup of the Russian scandal. nt

[joet67]

22. Just think of this- the dumber ones probably aren't even in the loop about what their party

is involved with. Only the top dogs are. Some of them are going to be shocked at what is still to come.

[IdiotsforPalin]

11. While you're at it Nunes

Get back to us in the Voter Fraud findings........

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Trump knows Obama didn't wiretap him

This is a ruse to get the subject off Trump, and this could possible become
the new Birtherism.

Obama wasn't born in America
Obama wiretapped Trump no matter what they say
Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!
Emails! Emails! Emails!

[delisen]

13. Nunes will do Trump's bidding because of Nunes interest in the Azores.

He has been unrelenting in pressuring military to move a planned security installation from Britain to Azores even though Nato want it in Britain for access.

The Azores location would probably make monitoring Russia more difficult.

While Nunes probably wants the Azores because it is his ancestral home and he is popular there, his pressure for that location seems over the top-he's like an attack dog on the issue and has insisted he is going to win.

Troubling lack of concern for our national interest in favor of his own personal aggrandizement.

I would think that Trump will reward him with what he wants.

[The Wizard]

14. So this jackoff

is going to investigate a Breitbart rumor that gave Trump a lumpy fart. We're entitled to a full refund. Every time this bum cashes a paycheck he's committing fraud against the American people.

[Demsrule86]

15. Seriously?

I suppose they think they can distract with lies about Obama ...it worked so well for them...but not this time.

[Botany]

16. aka Please let us look at something that didn't happen, Obama bugging Trump* instead of ...

.... something that really did happen which was Trump's campaign and the GOP working
with elements of Putin's government and spy network in order to rig the elections.



* Now Trump and company might have been wiretapped after a FISA warrant was issued
to the NSA or the DoJ by a judge after he/she found probable cause and the Obama administration
might very well have helped to safe guard what the wire taps found
out but the idea that Obama ordered any such tap on his own is laughable.

[milestogo]

17. Is there a House Stupidity Chair?

There should be.

[packman]

18. Of course they would - any doubt?

You know, I'd love to see Obama in front of that group of asshats - Then again, I just like to see Obama

[gademocrat7]

19. Nunces is a scumbag.

Hope he goes down with the rest of the cabal.

[maxrandb]

20. Where in CA is this pricks district?

The 70% of Californians that voted for Hillary ought to use their economic power to turn that shitstain district into a fucking ghost town.

Spare me the lectures of how that would hurt the fucking idiots that sent this guy to Congress. People stupid and hateful enough to send this turd to Congress should be punished.

[turbinetree]

21. Nunes, Burr, Chaffetz, Ryan, Gowdy, McConnell,

and all the fascists republicans and his deplorable's ........ you can try to play this shell game of deflection and deceit.

But we are coming and and we are coming in 2018, 2020, 2022 and beyond and no matter how many "rallies" you have for supporting this serial sexual predator and his treason, with your card board cut out's (which are fake in the first place), you own him and he owns you, so "try" to play the shell and pea game, we are coming:

Here let's listen to a song that basically says it all:

[reggaehead]

23. Careful what u wish for

There is some heavy smoke. Nunes cannot cover this and will not take the heat. Tulare Co. might appear at first glance to be Alabama. But they have a huge non voting Hispanic coningent. His seat is already iffy

[riversedge]

24. That was a quick decision--whow.

[applegrove]

26. Now Obama is the enemy. Last week it was the press. Before that Muslims.

Who will Trump make the enemy next week? God help us all.

[Tiggeroshii]

27. When and where is his next townhall?

Let's go thank him.

[tclambert]

28. THIS they will investigate, but not whether the Russians interfered with the election?

Surely they're not playing politics with their decisions on what to investigate, are they?

[roamer65]

30. If you look closely, you can see Nunes under Trumps desk.