Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation

[brooklynite]

Source: Fox News

[div class"excerpt"]Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway challenged FBI Director James Comey Sunday to reveal any information he might have about President Trumps allegations that former President Obama ordered the wiretapping of Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign.

If Mr. Comey has something hed like to say Im sure were all willing to hear it, Conway told Fox News Jeanine Pirro in an interview on Justice with Judge Jeanine. All I saw was a published news report. I didnt see a statement from him. I dont know what Mr. Comey knows.

If he knows, of course he can issue a statement, Conway said. We know hes not shy.

Conway said Trump may know whether he was wiretapped because he receives different intelligence reports than other White House officials. However, she did not provide specific details.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/06/conway-challenges-comey-to-release-info-on-trumps-wiretap-allegation.html

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[barbtries]

1. all trump knows is what he read on breitbart

it's the news making itself. the way cheney would call in a tip to the times then mention on tv that the bullshit story was in the times. it's so frustrating

[Vinca]

2. Does Kellyanne realize that if there was a wire tap it means a court has viewed an affidavit

and determined it is probable a crime has been or is being committed by the targets? If Trump is right, Trump is guilty.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. She knows.

She's a damn lawyer. Which means that (as we all know) what she regularly spews ends up being lies.

[dalton99a]

10. Of course.

[metalbot]

15. I've read many people state this

And I'm shocked how many people seem to have total confidence in our FISA courts.

First, you do NOT have to have evidence of a crime being committed to get a FISA warrant. You have to present some evidence that the target is acting under the influence of a foreign power.

"That's just as bad", you might say, and that's correct.

But I have real questions about how much a secret court with secret judges actually pushes back on government requests for FISA warrants. I'm highly skeptical that they have a very high rejection rate, and we don't actually know what standards of evidence they require. Ordinary search warrants are regularly abused by police, so I don't have a reason to believe that a secret and unauditable court system wouldn't be abused as well.

We should be collectively outraged at the very notion of FISA courts the way that they are currently constructed, even when it potentially gets us information that we'd like to have.

[leftynyc]

16. NOT THE POINT

The POINT is that degenerate donnie charged that the President HIMSELF got the fbi to tap donnie's personal phone without realizing the President doesn't have that authority. That the FISA courts are a joke (or not) isn't the point at all. You still have to go through that process to get a wiretap. The President can't do it himself which is the charge the degenerate made.

[metalbot]

17. That's A point

But not really relevant to the response I made, which is specifically to the false premise that "If there was a FISA warrant, then Trump was doing something illegal".

I don't disagree that Trump is deranged, and that there is no way that Obama was involved in wiretapping his phones.

[leftynyc]

22. If there was a FISA warrant

enough evidence was provided to the judges to get that tap.

[PatSeg]

21. I understand what you are saying

And I do recall many stories that indicated getting a FISA warrant was not difficult post 9/11, but I think if it was for a presidential candidate, it would not be that easy. If a warrant for Trump Towers WAS requested and granted, I would think there would be some serious evidence involved.

[MGKrebs]

25. The only evidence needed would probably be there there was contact

with a known or suspected spy, which we are pretty sure happened.

So a wiretap would be within the realm of possibility, but from what I understand it would/could not have come from Obama. But the deranged right wing will think "Obama" and "Justice Department" are the same thing.

[bettyellen]

28. Becasue the DOJ under Trump so far have been colluding.. ...

[PatSeg]

43. Yes, the deranged right wing

appear to know as much about government and the constitution as Trump does.

[KingCharlemagne]

39. The FISA court rejected a 'first request' (from June or July) as "overly broad'. Unclear

who the target(s) of that FISA request and the one that was subsequently approved in October was (were).

[NewRedDawn]

3. She is

a clueless evil skank. She needs to be removed with the whole cabal (garbage)

[rzemanfl]

31. Let me know when the attacks on you start for calling Kellyanne that. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

4. They're fishing

and they're desperate. Hilarious.

[PRETZEL]

11. I think they are also

maybe to find out who's leaking like a sieve in the WH?
maybe to find out just how many more dots the FBI/DOJ have connected?

[lagomorph777]

18. Oh, they'll find out, when we all do.

Just as the cuffs are slapped on.

[tanyev]

6. So...Conway is saying that the person who says it DIDN'T happen needs to provide proof,

while the person who says it DID happen should be believed unquestioningly. Do I have that right?

[underpants]

38. Yes.

She is demanding that he prove a negative.

[KingCharlemagne]

40. Something about "can't prove a negative" comes to mind right

about now. No one would or should ask Trump to "prove" he did not collude with agents from the Russian Federation.

When Democrats make accusations we back them up with evidence, unlike the delusional fantasist (ht David Frum) inhabiting the White House.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Comey's manpower is tied up with the Bowling Green massacre

Sorry, Kellyanne, you'll have to wait your turn.

[George II]

8. WTF? They make up a story and challenge the FBI to release information about it?

[dalton99a]

9. She got her legs back?

[Historic NY]

12. He will to the Special Prosecutor TBN

[Hortensis]

13. Comey has already denied, even taken the huge step

of asking the Justice Department to refute 45's charge of wiretapping ordered by Obama.

Trying to develop a current distraction for their base from the Russia conspiracy by inviting further investigation into that very conspiracy is, to put it mildly, not a smart move. Conway's not stupid; she's almost certainly following the orders of her astonishingly incompetent authoritarian leader.

[bettyellen]

30. Or maybe it's a planted leak.... we can't tell what's true anymore.

[Hortensis]

33. What planted leak? Surely not the wingnut conspiracy

story Levin concocted to please and direct what substitutes for thinking in his followers, including 45? We know Comey refused 45's request to lie for him and also that Comey asked the JD to refute 45's claims of wiretapping Trump Tower.

In 8 years in power, there is no indication (leaks, for instance?) that Obama ever asked for wiretapping of an American citizen, or that this highly illegal and immoral action from a president would gone ahead if he had.

[bettyellen]

35. I don't believe the Breitbart story but am saying Bannon could have had them put it out....

And I still distrust Comey enough to think he would put this out as a leak and then shoot it down later. They seem to be putting out a lot of false info as a way of further discrediting the media. I think they'll try and muddy the waters now more than ever.

[Hortensis]

37. Bannon's destructive goals thrive with chaos and

dissension, and Comey shouldn't be trusted standing in place, much less an inch. But I don't understand why you're confused about what right-wing stories you should believe in this environment. Whatever. Stay tuned for more.

[KingCharlemagne]

41. Put what out as a leak? Are you suggesting that Comey would

"leak" that he asked the JD to reject Trump's scurrilous charges and then, once that story was published, Comey would then shoot down his own leak? If he did, he would destroy any remaining credibility he had with the press corps.

[bettyellen]

42. I think he could get someone to leak for him. Hey they've lied to the press a lot lately ...

I do think the Breitbart story was likely cooked up by Bannon. And also that the WH has started leaking BS to discredit he press and also try to assess who is loyal- who is willing to lie to the press for them.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Different? tRump gets his intell reports from Mark Levin, Alex Jones, RT, Breitbart, and Hannity. nt

[lagomorph777]

20. And from the FSB.

(former KGB).

[WhiteTara]

19. Info Wars and Breitbart are his main sources

of "intelligence" Really who need the IC?

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Let's Hold On Here

Comey says he doesn't think there is any validity to the wiretap claim. So, Conway wants Comey to prove that by releasing information he doesn't have over something that didn't happen?

Huh?

[itcfish]

24. They Just

Want to know how much dirt the FBI has on Trump and this is a good way to try and get it.

[applegrove]

26. So Kellyanne is claiming Trump received an intelligence briefing

and then publicized it?

[riversedge]

27. Trump tells Conway to make a fool of herself again and she says OK!!

[Sanity Claws]

29. Is DT through her challenging Comey to release classified information?

It is as though they are trying to set up Comey. But I think they are setting themselves up.

[samnsara]

32. is kellyanne so stupid she doesnt realize a prez CANT order a wire tap...

..and if there was a wire tap is cuz trump ..or someone... was doing something realllllly bad. maybe they shouldn't call for an investigation so quickly!

[matt819]

34. What a fucking moron

There is no information. It's like the Bowling Green Massacre. Comey can (or cannot) release no information on something that didn't happen.

Your boss claims to have the information. The onus (anus?) is on him.

Law of Holes: "Let me tell you about the law of holes: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging."

[yellowcanine]

36. Comey should call a press conference and release a blank sheet of FBI letter head.

[LiberalLovinLug]

44. People have to remember that it doesn't have to make any sense

Its all about feeding the deplorables more gravy.

They believe anything the orange babyman says, and just need to be reassured by his blond "Vanna White" they have got the right answer.
It helps them to follow the bouncing ball and solidifies their support when the bad old fake news tells them otherwise.