Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By LOUIS NELSON 03/06/17 09:05 AM EST

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz said Monday that he has seen no evidence that would support President Donald Trump’s accusation that former President Barack Obama had ordered an illegal wiretap of Trump Tower during last year’s presidential campaign.

“I learned a long time ago, I'm going to keep my eyes wide open,” Chaffetz (R-Utah) said on “CBS This Morning.” “You never know when you turn a corner what you may or may not see. But thus far I have not seen anything directly that would support what the president has said.”

Trump made his explosive and unsubstantiated accusation on Saturday morning, when he wrote on Twitter that he had “just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory.” While the president leveled the charge with certainty, White House officials have not yet offered any proof to back Trump’s claims and have instead called for a Congressional investigation to verify them.

Chaffetz was seemingly open to the notion of a Congressional inquiry into Trump’s allegation, telling “CBS This Morning” that the House Intelligence Committee, chaired by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), would take the lead in checking it out. The House Oversight Committee, Chaffetz said, “will play a supporting role.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-obama-wiretap-jason-chaffetz-235711

[SticksnStones]

1. But when asked about investigating Claims of Russian influence on the election...

He said he saw no reason to investigate.

So to recap: yes we will investigate a democrat, but no we won't investigate republicans.

And there you have it.

[chelsea0011]

8. "I've seen no reason Obama ordered a wiretap" means

Obama will be called in for an investigation to explain himself. Republicans operate in an alternate universe.

[SticksnStones]

10. Exactly...I see no reason but we'll investigate it anyway.

[dalton99a]

2. Yesterday, without a shred of evidence, the spineless weasel agreed to "play a supporting role"

[SHRED]

3. Chaffetz never keeps his eyes "wide open"

[mountain grammy]

4. Yeah right, eyes wide open. That'll be the day.

[groundloop]

5. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR AND NOTHING LESS

[Fred Sanders]

6. Clear evidence of Russian hacking? Nada investigation. Zero evidence of Obama hacking? DA!

[Renew Deal]

7. Devin Nunes is openly part of the cover up

He cannot be trusted to lead any investigations.

[Turbineguy]

9. But then again,

we are talking about somebody who is an expert at not finding evidence.