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In reply to the discussion: WE DEMOCRATS HOPE THERE WERE WIRE TAPS [View all]Saboburns
(2,807 posts)20. And this helps even more
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/3/4/1640085/-The-Trump-wiretap-story-is-more-important-that-you-realize
The Trump wiretap story is more important than you realize
By Keith Pickering
Saturday Mar 04, 2017 · 11:05 AM EST
As you now know, our Fearless Leaders brief flirtation with Acting Presidential (shes a prude) crashed and burned when he got out of bed this morning with Tweets (shes more of the slutty girl he prefers).
So Trump has accused Barack Obama (personally!) of tapping his phones during the campaign:
But heres the thing: not even the President of the United States can do that. You need a court order to tap phones.
If Trumps phone was tapped (and Im quite sure it was, because Trump said so, and he never lies), then there must have been a court order. And that court order must have been based on a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. And it happened in October.
So, what reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing might have been raised in October, regarding Trump? You guessed it: Russian hacking of the election. Which in turn implies that the warrant was issued by the super-secret FISA court (well-known to almost never refuse a warrant request.)
And that means that the either the FBI, or the CIA, or the NSA, knows a lot about what was really going on.
And Trump knows they know, because this morning, he was briefed.
And hoo-boy. The Trumpster is running scared.
The Trump wiretap story is more important than you realize
By Keith Pickering
Saturday Mar 04, 2017 · 11:05 AM EST
As you now know, our Fearless Leaders brief flirtation with Acting Presidential (shes a prude) crashed and burned when he got out of bed this morning with Tweets (shes more of the slutty girl he prefers).
So Trump has accused Barack Obama (personally!) of tapping his phones during the campaign:
But heres the thing: not even the President of the United States can do that. You need a court order to tap phones.
If Trumps phone was tapped (and Im quite sure it was, because Trump said so, and he never lies), then there must have been a court order. And that court order must have been based on a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. And it happened in October.
So, what reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing might have been raised in October, regarding Trump? You guessed it: Russian hacking of the election. Which in turn implies that the warrant was issued by the super-secret FISA court (well-known to almost never refuse a warrant request.)
And that means that the either the FBI, or the CIA, or the NSA, knows a lot about what was really going on.
And Trump knows they know, because this morning, he was briefed.
And hoo-boy. The Trumpster is running scared.
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When his tweet said "wires tapped" was proof he does not know about wide taps.
Thinkingabout
Mar 2017
#7
He does not know how to govern and does not have the advisor to train him
Thinkingabout
Mar 2017
#10
On ABC News, they just said it is illegal for anyone to reveal that there IS a wiretap
wishstar
Mar 2017
#12
And if you are really paying attention you get the absolute funniest part of this whole thing.
Saboburns
Mar 2017
#14
Absolutely making shit up. Here's the program: Scandal-Denial-Evasion-Distraction. Repeat.
Midnight Writer
Mar 2017
#31
Way to get BIG investigation is Trump's claim of Obama's supposed wiretapping
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2017
#25
21st century POTUS requirements addedum: MENTAL/cognitive age of 35, not just physical....
lindysalsagal
Mar 2017
#26
most likely the wiretaps he's talking about were for the weird server in Trump tower
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#28
also, he most likely is not admitting any secret info, just heard some rightwing BS
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#29