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(37,481 posts) Sat Mar 4, 2017, 01:58 PM Mar 2017

Obama strongly denies Trump accusation that he wiretapped phones in Trump Tower [View all]

Source: ABC News

A spokesman for former President Obama issued a strong denial to President Trump's accusation that the former commander-in-chief wiretapped Trump Tower phones during the election campaign.

"A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice," Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement Saturday. "As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false."

The former president was responding to a series of tweets Saturday morning by Trump claiming that the former president wiretapped phones in Trump Tower in New York City during the presidential campaign.

Trump offered no proof for his claims.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-accuses-obama-wiretapping-phones-trump-tower/story?id=45905776

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Obama strongly denies Trump accusation that he wiretapped phones in Trump Tower [View all] steve2470 Mar 2017 OP

President Obama is probably shaking his head NastyRiffraff Mar 2017 #1

Or maybe not so slowly ailsagirl Mar 2017 #5

What that probably means is that Trump either misunderstood what he was told or he lied Renew Deal Mar 2017 #2

garbage in, garbage out. ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #6

Trump should declassify the FISA warrant Renew Deal Mar 2017 #7

I totally think Breitbart is reporting what Bannon wants DT to react to.... bettyellen Mar 2017 #21

Yep! LishaD35 Mar 2017 #25

It's been blame Dems for days now. Stupid gamble he took here- someone is going to have to confirm bettyellen Mar 2017 #26

I wonder if someone will file a FOIA for it now? Then a judge gets the chore of either releasing it cstanleytech Mar 2017 #38

Have seen on Twitter that people are planning to! bettyellen Mar 2017 #40

yep. nt Abu Pepe Mar 2017 #43

There it is. dalton99a Mar 2017 #3

Of course we knew that. mobeau69 Mar 2017 #4

I'm not willing to give him that excuse. ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #9

Worst President ever, in modern times or else. Dave Starsky Mar 2017 #13

Worst period and after Bush who was pro torture I didnt think we could see any worse in my lifetime. cstanleytech Mar 2017 #39

Trump Is Paranoid CitizenZero Mar 2017 #8

Or high as a kite C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #10

Company Scarsdale Mar 2017 #14

Barry would never do that!!! zonkers Mar 2017 #11

"Barry"? That's President Obama Cha Mar 2017 #35

Excure me? paleotn Mar 2017 #42

Love that they got the dig in about the independant Justice department too. meadowlander Mar 2017 #12

So Obama did not wiretap Trump HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #15

Game on. WheelWalker Mar 2017 #16

Serious business- Trump stepped far over line for Pres. Obama to have to issue "official " statement wishstar Mar 2017 #17

The implication is that Obama could have ordered surveillance on a non US citizen aka Putin, etc HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #18

Don't Feed the Trolls... Blue Idaho Mar 2017 #19

The daily Big Lie from Trump is not the proper way to try to spread propaganda and sow confusion. Fred Sanders Mar 2017 #20

Hewitt-the vile Conservative is on msnbc questioning what happened!! damn. riversedge Mar 2017 #22

MSNBC video--Malcolm Nance ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #23

Yeah, I like the way Nance frames it.. thanks ginny Cha Mar 2017 #36

yeah but.... stillcool Mar 2017 #24

Classic diversion while covering up: Accuse Obama to take attention of tRump-Sessions-Putin. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #27

'Zactly Cha Mar 2017 #37

CNN Headline: Trump Falsely Accuses Obama of Wiretapping his Phone Fred Sanders Mar 2017 #28

Outstanding response in your CNN article, from Ben Rhodes, in a Tweet: Judi Lynn Mar 2017 #32

How much of this is about DT not being able to beat Obama in the ratings for his first Joint Address Cha Mar 2017 #34

I dont know... Victor_c3 Mar 2017 #29

I wouldn't have issued ANYTHING about this BS. That just plays into Trump and his distraction.... Bengus81 Mar 2017 #30

If . . . OldRedneck Mar 2017 #31

Fuckhead never offers any proof.. Cha Mar 2017 #33

Trump thought he could beat any rap bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #41

How did we going from almost perfection, to this catastrophic bafoon? dewsgirl Mar 2017 #44

Just Drumpf talking through his ass again Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2017 #45

Obama: If you are being wiretapped it's the law doing it not me -Beware hollowdweller Mar 2017 #46