White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By LOUIS NELSON 03/06/17 08:29 AM EST

President Donald Trump does not accept an assertion from FBI Director James Comey that former President Barack Obama did not order an illegal wiretap of Trump Tower during last year’s presidential campaign, a White House spokeswoman said Monday.

Trump leveled the explosive accusation on Twitter over the weekend, delivering it without any evidence. Through a spokesman, Obama has flatly denied the charge, as has James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence under Obama. White House officials have yet to offer any proof to back Trump’s claim, instead suggesting that the matter should be investigated. And while Comey has not publicly addressed Trump’s allegation, multiple media outlets have reported that he asked the Department of Justice to knock down the president’s accusation because it suggests that the FBI broke the law by carrying out the alleged wiretap.

Asked by ABC “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos if Trump was willing to accept the denial of his FBI director, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said he was not.

“You know, I don't think he does, George,” Sanders said. “I think he firmly believes that this is a storyline that has been reported pretty widely by quite a few outlets. The wiretapping has been discussed in The New York Times, BBC, Fox News and we believe that it should be looked at by the House Intelligence Committee.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-obama-wiretap-james-comey-235709

[BeyondGeography]

1. When they're not railing at the media they're feeding it

Brilliant.

[Gothmog]

2. This will be fun to watch

[titaniumsalute]

3. They were reporting his fucking TWEETS

And every report said it was without and proof. WTF??

[MedusaX]

4. Manufacturing Quantitative Validity

At least SHSanders was accurate:

"I think he firmly believes that this...
Is a STORYLINE that has been reported pretty widely by Quite a Few outlets. The wiretapping has been discussed by NYT, BBC & Fox....."

Therefore we believe it should be looked into by the HIC....

Gameplay:
say stupid shit that is false...
then when media reports that it was stupid & false we will use the sheer number of reports
as a basis to assert the validity & merit of the stupid shit we said.

[underpants]

5. How many spokespeople does he have?

Kellyanne's role - whatever the hell it is - is unprecedented and now we have another spokesperson??? WTH?

[randome]

6. KellyAnne was promoted to Undersecretary Of Sitting On Sofas.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[wishstar]

7. I watched ABC interview, and to his credit, George Step. did hit back hard against her lies

Repeatedly he interrupted to her to correct her false allegations about news reports

At one point she said "if he walked across the Potomac, they would all say he can't swim"- first time I've heard that line with Christian reference- must be something the fundamentalist right wingers throw out?

[riversedge]

8. I do not believe Trump!! See how simple that is!

[malthaussen]

9. Of course he doesn't.

When has he ever believed someone who disagreed with him?

Must be tough to President when you don't believe any of your intelligence sources.

-- Mal

[briv1016]

10. The whole reason he made this claim was to get people to stop talking about Sessions.

Which it did. The next distraction is his plan to release Muslim Ban 2.0 today.

[BigOleDummy]

12. Agreed

I agree with you 100%. Of course saying what he did was outrageous. It was meant to be. Who's talking about Sessions now? Trumpy pulled Jeffies feet out of the fire and WILL be expecting payback. That's the "Art of the Deal" thing you know. With the new Muslim ban Trumpys shoving the Russian thing even farther from the spotlight ............ and we're falling for it, it seems.

[NYC Liberal]

14. He's not that smart.

The tweets aren't part of some plan. It's very simple: he sees some story on Fox or whatever right wing "news" sites he goes to, and then he tweets about it. He doesn't think before he does it; he just tweets what he sees.

It SEEMS like an intentional distraction, but I don't think it is. I think he's just unstable and has no self-control.

[Zambero]

13. Donald Trump 3-Step Alternative Reality Generator (ARG!)

1. Unhinged Tweetstorm event
2. Fox News summarily affirms Tweetstorm content as factual and correct
3. Trump watches Fox, notes Tweetstorm affirmation, and claims vindication based on "reliable source"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Put up or shut up, Mr. Minority President. He's trying to take oxygen away from the Russia Scandal.

[Solly Mack]

16. Imagine that. Trump doesn't believe anything that contradicts his lies.

Shocking.