Far Right Falsely Claims Manafort Wiretap Vindicates Trump

[DonViejo]

Emphasis appears in the original article -- Don

Bobby Lewis
September 20, 2017 5:31 am

Right-wing and fringe media are claiming yet again that President Donald Trump was correct when he accused former President Barack Obama of wiretapping in Trump Tower, now arguing that a legal wiretap targeted at former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is proof of Trump’s claim. However, said wiretap was pursuant to a warrant and targeted at Manafort, not Trump. This is at least the fifth time in six months right-wing media has attempted to validate Trump’s lie.

CNN: “US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election.” The Obama administration “wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders” initially as part of a 2014 investigation into “work done by a group of Washington consulting firms for Ukraine’s former ruling party,” CNN reported on September 18. Though the surveillance was discontinued “at some point” in 2016, according to the report, the FBI restarted it “after obtaining a new FISA warrant” as part of its investigation into potential ties between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government:

US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN, an extraordinary step involving a high-ranking campaign official now at the center of the Russia meddling probe.

The government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when Manafort was known to talk to President Donald Trump.

Some of the intelligence collected includes communications that sparked concerns among investigators that Manafort had encouraged the Russians to help with the campaign, according to three sources familiar with the investigation. Two of these sources, however, cautioned that the evidence is not conclusive.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. It took them long enough to blame Obama for this.

They were asleep at the wheel.

[NewJeffCT]

2. they had quietly dropped the issue several weeks ago

by declaring there was no evidence that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower.

[SonofDonald]

3. Mueller doesnt care what new BS they spew

They can say whatever they want, it won't matter, in fact it may give him a good laugh.

Bobby three sticks is coming, and he ain't gonna be nice about it.

It's obvious they're grasping at straws now, I wouldn't get too close to a drowning man, and trumpy is about to go under.

[L. Coyote]

4. That's how propaganda works. In fact, they are really worried about going down.

Link to tweet

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So Roger admits he was talking to Manafort. Very good!

[spanone]

5. the 'far right' is seriously impaired.