Obamagate

[Tassman]

Again let's ignore how Hillary's campaign helped to popularize that racially-based whopper.

Where that lie originated from is in dispute by the likes of you, but what’s not in doubt is that it was Trump who perpetuated the lie of Obama’s origins for five years...dodging, winking and joking before finally admitting that he was wrong... and he STILL hasn’t offered an apology to Obama for his shameless lying.

[Mountain Man]

Source: CNN

Exclusive: US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman

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.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/politi...ans/index.html

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Source: Breitbart

Trump Vindicated: Report Says Obama Government Wiretapped Trump Campaign

The report notes, “such warrants require the approval of top Justice Department and FBI officials” — but doesn’t specify which top Justice Department and FBI officials had approved it.

Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former FBI Director James Comey were leading the agencies, respectively, at the time.

The report said the first warrant had already expired when Manafort had become the chairman in May. Before he left in August, FBI investigators “noticed what counterintelligence agents thought was a series of odd connections between Trump associates in Russia.”

A some point, the FBI obtained the new FISA warrant and began monitoring Manafort again — who has a residence in Trump Tower. The story said it’s “unclear” whether the FBI surveillance took place there.

The Justice Department and the FBI denied that Trump was being wiretapped.

Comey later in March disputed Trump’s claims — in testimony that lawmakers could now find misleading.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...rump-campaign/

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[rogue06]

Where that lie originated from is in dispute by the likes of you, but what’s not in doubt is that it was Trump who perpetuated the lie of Obama’s origins for five years...dodging, winking and joking before finally admitting that he was wrong... and he STILL hasn’t offered an apology to Obama for his shameless lying.

Yeah he did and he deserves all the criticism he gets for it. OTOH hypocrites like you want to exonerate Hillary and her cronies for how they pushed that same falsehood.

[seer]

Trump Vindicated: Report Says Obama Government Wiretapped Trump Campaign

So Trump was right, they were being Wiretapped. Where are all the leftists that were claiming that Trump was full of it?

[Darth Executor]

Where that lie originated from is in dispute by the likes of you, but what’s not in doubt is that it was Trump who perpetuated the lie of Obama’s origins for five years...dodging, winking and joking before finally admitting that he was wrong... and he STILL hasn’t offered an apology to Obama for his shameless lying.

lol obama was the first birther so who cares. he shouldn't lie about himself if he doesn't want others to believe that lie

[Starlight]

So Trump was right, they were being Wiretapped.

Trump wasn't being wiretapped. It had nothing to do with his presidential campaign.

Paul Manafort was being wiretapped over the course of years because of his close association with Russian state interests.

[seer]

Trump wasn't being wiretapped. It had nothing to do with his presidential campaign.

Paul Manafort was being wiretapped over the course of years because of his close association with Russian state interests.

But Manafort was part of the presidential campaign, and he lived in Trump Tower. The fact is, no matter how you try and parse it, Trump was correct.

[Mountain Man]

Trump wasn't being wiretapped. It had nothing to do with his presidential campaign.

Paul Manafort was being wiretapped over the course of years because of his close association with Russian state interests.

Read the report, dumbo. The original investigation into Manafort was ended due to lack of evidence, but then Obama's Justice Department suddenly got interested in him again around the time he started working for Trump. What a coincidence! But there's nothing suspicious about it, right? Just as there's nothing suspicious about Susan Rice explicitly unmasking the names of Trump's associates in classified documents and leaking them to her allies in Washington.

[Sea of red]

Actually, the CIA and British were listening in on suspected Russian spies and ran across interceptions of Trump campaign officials talking turkey with Russian nationals.

Since the CIA can not do surveillance of US citizens domestically, the matter was handed over to the FBI which presented the evidence to a FISA court, where a judge agreed there was probable cause a criminal matter might be unfolding.

Perfectly legal procedure.

[Tassman]

But Manafort was part of the presidential campaign,

Manafort has a long financial association with Ukraine and Russian leaders. The fact of his being a part of Trump’s campaign is surely an additional cause of suspicion given the long list of those who had meetings with Russian officials, e.g. Jared Kushner,Jeff Sessions, Michael T. Flynn, Donald Trump Jr. and Michael D. Cohen et al

and he lived in Trump Tower. The fact is, no matter how you try and parse it, Trump was correct.

Living in the same multistory building doesn’t automatically mean that Trump himself was being wiretapped. This was just another Trump lie.

[JimL]

But Manafort was part of the presidential campaign, and he lived in Trump Tower. The fact is, no matter how you try and parse it, Trump was correct.

Manafort was under investigation long before he was even in the Trump campaign and the fact that he was being wiretapped had nothing to do with Trump or Trump tower even if Trump was picked up in those communications with Manafort. Also, don't you ever ask yourself how and why it was that P. Manafort, someone with known ties to russia and russian backed Ukraine leadership, ended up running the Trump campaign?

[Starlight]

The fact is, no matter how you try and parse it, Trump was correct.

Trump says 1) Obama 2) illegally 3) tapped "his" wires at Trump Tower.
Story says 1) the FBI 2) legally 3) tapped Manafort's phone.

[Tassman]

Manafort was under investigation long before he was even in the Trump campaign and the fact that he was being wiretapped had nothing to do with Trump or Trump tower even if Trump was picked up in those communications with Manafort. Also, don't you ever ask yourself how and why it was that P. Manafort, someone with known ties to russia and russian backed Ukraine leadership, ended up running the Trump campaign?

It is not as though Manafort was the only one of Trump’s associates with Russian connections (all of whom seemed initially to suffer memory loss on the subject) but several still remain a part of Trump’s team e.g. Jared Kushner, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Trump's long-time personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also has a history of close ties to Russia. So, what is it with Trump and Russia?

[Starlight]

So, what is it with Trump and Russia?

It's almost like he's got a multi-decade history of laundering money for Russian oligarchs.

[Zymologist]

LOL, those stupid conservatives and their crazy conspiracy theories. Will they ever realize that the real threat is white supremacist Nazi dictator Trump and Putin, his master?