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Eric Swalwell: No apology necessary for surveilling Trump campaign
Fox News ^ | April 19, 2019 | Sam Dorman

Posted on 04/19/2019 12:03:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., argued the special counsel's report "certainly" showed evidence of collusion and rejected the idea that President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign deserved an apology for the controversial surveillance conducted under former President Barack Obama's administration.

When Fox News host Julie Banderas asked Swalwell about a potential apology, the California congressman said that special counsel Robert Mueller's report "laid out a multiplicity of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians."

He contended that although special counsel Robert Mueller's report didn't declare collusion beyond a reasonable doubt, it still showed enough evidence of troubling contacts between Russia and Trump's associates. Swalwell argued that "reasonable suspicion," a lower standard than "beyond a reasonable doubt," was all that was necessary for starting an investigation.

"There was certainly evidence of collusion, not evidence that met the beyond a reasonable doubt standard" he said on "Outnumbered" before affirming suspicions that Trump potentially knew about Russian activities related to the election. "This president is in no way cleared," Swalwell said.

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: aclumia; california; ericswalwell; howtostealanelection; jamescomey; juliebanderas; lisapage; obamascandals; peterstrzok; robertmueller; watergate
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1 posted on 04/19/2019 12:03:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I can't believe the district I lived in for 30 years keeps reelecting this guy. I'm glad I moved away from there when I did.

-PJ

2 posted on 04/19/2019 12:07:23 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I bet Eric SwallowAll was regularly beat up in junior high and high school.


3 posted on 04/19/2019 12:08:45 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Swalwell argued that "reasonable suspicion," a lower standard than "beyond a reasonable doubt," was all that was necessary for starting an investigation.

So a fake dossier paid for by the opposing candidate meets that? If I said "Swalwell is a cannibal because I smell it on his breath" could the poluce get a warrant for his refrigerator and garbage?

4 posted on 04/19/2019 12:12:17 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Imagine a Republican Congressman lying with impunity about Obama. He’d be forced to apologize profusely, denounced by his own party members, and driven from office.


5 posted on 04/19/2019 12:18:08 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Swalwell is an arrogant prick.


6 posted on 04/19/2019 12:19:31 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

first he wants to literally nuke gun owners, then jail them, and now government spying on the opposition is a good thing: this guy is a real-deal fascist ...


7 posted on 04/19/2019 12:19:51 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: KarlInOhio

Did you hear him backstroke when Banderas asked him if he would call for impeachment if there had been a President Clinton and it was found out she had deleted the emails under subpoena or had destroyed the Blackberries? What a weasel_ick.

This guy makes Schiff look intelligent.


8 posted on 04/19/2019 12:21:48 PM PDT by offduty
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump should sue all of them. They had no right or valid reason to spy on him, his family, his campaign etc. If the DOJ is not going to charge the crooks, then they should pay another way. It is one of the biggest American political crimes of all time.


9 posted on 04/19/2019 12:22:14 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Kevin in California

And he shoots his stupid mouth off so much, I bet he’s got some more beatings coming to him, down the line. More likely if the MSM wasn’t completely corrupt, I suppose.


10 posted on 04/19/2019 12:22:26 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So he won’t mind the NSA and FBI surveilling his campaign?


11 posted on 04/19/2019 12:24:09 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

We can’t even get Republicans to tell the truth about Obama.....


12 posted on 04/19/2019 12:25:05 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: marajade
Swalwell is an arrogant prick.

And thus a worthy and fitting successor to Fortney 'Pete' Stark, Jr.!
13 posted on 04/19/2019 12:25:58 PM PDT by Hetuck ("We will Barry you" - Nikita Khrushchev)
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To: marajade

“Swalwell is an arrogant prick.”

Who also looks like he wears a bad toupee.


14 posted on 04/19/2019 12:28:26 PM PDT by yetidog
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Eric we’re are going to spy on you because you are a pompous ass and we have ample evidence to back that up. Get ready for IRS scans, no fly list appearance, large cash transaction alerts, phone tapping and computer hijacking. You are troubling and we don’t like it.


15 posted on 04/19/2019 12:30:59 PM PDT by databoss
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Police state candidate


16 posted on 04/19/2019 12:31:59 PM PDT by RatRipper
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Hi.

Swalwell, like Occasional-Cortex, would round everyone not like them into concentration camps and execute them with no remorse.

Too bad for them and their sycophants nor a government controlled by them, will be able to do it.

5.56mm


17 posted on 04/19/2019 12:35:18 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rules for thee but not for me


18 posted on 04/19/2019 12:35:34 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The first day or so, these donkey brains are mildly amusing.

Now I’m back to needing a barf bag to listen to them.


19 posted on 04/19/2019 12:35:41 PM PDT by samtheman (To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
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20 posted on 04/19/2019 12:38:35 PM PDT by IWontSubmit
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