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Comey Asks Justice Dept. to Reject Trump’s Wiretapping Claim
New York Times ^ | March 5th 2017 | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MICHAEL D. SHEAR

Posted on 03/05/2017 1:50:03 PM PST by MadIsh32

WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr. Trump’s phones, senior American officials said on Sunday. Mr. Comey has argued that the highly charged claim is false and must be corrected, they said, but the department has not released any such statement.

Mr. Comey made the request on Saturday after Mr. Trump leveled his allegation on Twitter. Mr. Comey has been working to get the Justice Department to knock down Mr. Trump’s claim because there is no evidence to support it and it insinuates that the F.B.I. broke the law, the officials said.

A spokesman for the F.B.I. declined to comment. Sarah Isgur Flores, the spokeswoman for the Justice Department, also declined to comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anonymoussources; comey; fakenews; fbi; lynch; nyslimes; nyts; obama; phoneman08; russia; trump; wiretap; wiretapping
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To: MadIsh32

Drudge labels it as “Comey Turns on Trump”

I’m afraid Comey could be the dead center of the deep state and he’s going to refuse any investigation or cooperation.

What happens next?


241 posted on 03/05/2017 3:24:05 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: MadIsh32
...senior American officials said on Sunday

Very weak source.

Likely unnamed holdover Obama hacks.

242 posted on 03/05/2017 3:24:53 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Professional

It probably wasn’t an FBI wiretap, per se. More likely it was NSA intercepts of satellite communications. Comey might not know about that, or he does and he’s answering the question very narrowly. Kinda like Bill Clinton parsing the word ‘is’.


243 posted on 03/05/2017 3:24:54 PM PST by Tallguy
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What if Comey is asking the Justice Department to refute the claim because he knows they can't, or because if they use weasel words like Obama didn't ‘order’ but no one refutes that it wasn't ordered at all, then who did order it?
244 posted on 03/05/2017 3:25:40 PM PST by LuvFreeRepublic ( #MAGA)
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To: MadIsh32

This *story* is coming from the world headquarters of FAKE NEWS, for God’s sake! It will be soon shown to be made up...just watch.


245 posted on 03/05/2017 3:26:03 PM PST by B.O. Plenty (....give war a chance.....)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Mcabe needs to be gone before Comey goes.


246 posted on 03/05/2017 3:27:03 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: MNDude
Wow. I bet he was involved then.

Comey is probably who got the warrant from the FISA court. He needs to be fired immediately, along with most of those working at the DOJ.

247 posted on 03/05/2017 3:27:36 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

He someone else had some surgical procedure on Friday which might explain his hand shaking...Plus he was pretty upset by the whole issue...

I did not know about his new network bankrupting him—if you have a source, please share.

Regardless of how you feel about him, don’t you think what he presented was on target? He has been in my dog house for months, but today he hit it out of the park IMHO and some sources were saying it was Levin’s radio program Thursday that was the Trigger for President Trump to address the wiretapping allegation.

Would I let him have the combination to my safe? Eh, not yet, but I certainly might let him work on legal representation given how effective he was today.


248 posted on 03/05/2017 3:28:41 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (JOHN 8:32 THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.)
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To: MadIsh32

Up this afternoon. Mark Levin’s EXCELLENT connecting of the dots on this somewhat complicated tale of potentially CRIMINAL activity by Obama and his mendacious minions! 12 minute video you need to watch and share so you can deal with the lies set to flow from the left next week!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjToGCWpm-g


249 posted on 03/05/2017 3:30:31 PM PST by Dick Bachert (THE 4TH ESTATE HERE HAS BECOME A 5TH COLUMN. DIDN'T WE IMPRISON TOKYO ROSE???)
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To: Paladin2

I have ALL my chips placed on McCabe being the Head Vampire. With McCauliffe as his Renfield.


250 posted on 03/05/2017 3:30:59 PM PST by txhurl
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To: timestax
shit
upload jpg


251 posted on 03/05/2017 3:31:50 PM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Georgia Girl 2; max americana

Gowdy was mighty happy with Comey after the intelligence briefing Friday. Check this video, especially starting at 3:00 in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PJremJaCKc

We’re going to get a lot of conflicting info as this sorts out. Patience. Drip, drip, drip.


252 posted on 03/05/2017 3:32:50 PM PST by Jedidah
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To: phoneman08

“Perhaps he should have said his administration which is much easier to prove.

Obama’s in charge. He obviously would have know about it so it’s the same as him ordering it...


253 posted on 03/05/2017 3:33:30 PM PST by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: madison10

It was very good. Mark knows his stuff having been in a few key positions in the Reagan White House.


Good points! Yes, he has an excellent nose for lying in the Executive Branch and can smell the bullsh*t that is being spewed all over the networks (including FOX*)and our favorite bird cage liners (WaPo, NYT)

Anyone who missed it...it is worth 12 minutes—just one of the most hard-hitting presentations he has ever done. He certainly made and won the case that Obama wiretapped Trump!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHyczaR_LH8

*BTW, I AM ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY DISGUSTED WITH FOX NEWS BECAUSE ALL THEY ARE PLAYING IS CLAPPER (lied to congress = perjury) AND Chuck the snake SCHUMER.


254 posted on 03/05/2017 3:35:08 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (JOHN 8:32 THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.)
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To: Dick Bachert

Bump Levin.....( never thought I would say that, but maybe he’s redeemed himself)


255 posted on 03/05/2017 3:36:26 PM PST by Guenevere (If my people......will humble themselves and pray and seek my face .....I will heal their land...)
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To: Jedidah

But can we even trust Gowdy?


256 posted on 03/05/2017 3:37:59 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: John S Mosby

If Comey were on the up and up, McCabe would be history. Comey ieeps McCabe around as insurance for not getting fired.


257 posted on 03/05/2017 3:40:01 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Paladin2

That’s probably why Trump keeps them right there where he can see them.... until he decides to remove them. Which may have been yesterday.


258 posted on 03/05/2017 3:41:57 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Paladin2

That’s probably why Trump keeps them right there where he can see them.... until he decides to remove them. Which may have been yesterday.


259 posted on 03/05/2017 3:41:57 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Fantasywriter

Some of what they report is very true and I’ll give you they have damaged their brand greatly. However, not everything of bad news for our side is fake. This could very well pan out to be very true and I’d caution yelling fake news until more comes to the forefront. You never know, next day they could cite multiple sources. You among others want names and you know as well as I do it is extremely rare in any reporting to disclose names in Government. It didn’t happen when Bubba was in the White House and we shouldn’t expect the same with our guy.


260 posted on 03/05/2017 3:42:45 PM PST by Jarhead9297
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