Former US intelligence chief rejects Trump wiretap accusation

US President Barack Obama greets President-elect Donald Trump at inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as president on the West front of the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria/Files The former top US intelligence official rejected President Donald Trump’s accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him even as the White House on Sunday urged Congress to investigate Trump’s allegation.

FBI asks Justice Department to refute Trump’s phone tapping claim

PanARMENIAN.Net – FBI Director James Comey has asked the Justice Department to publicly refute President Donald Trump’s explosive, unsubstantiated accusation that Barack Obama tapped his phone during last year’s election campaign, US media reported on Sunday, March 5, according to AFP. Comey’s extraordinary measure questioning the president’s truthfulness provides an indication of the implications of Trump’s incendiary claim about his predecessor.

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President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 5, 2017, from a trip to Florida. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 5, 2017, from a trip to Florida.

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FBI asked Justice Department to refute Trump’s wiretapping claim

The FBI asked the Justice Department on Saturday to refute President Donald Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the wiretapping of Trump’s phones last year, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN. The FBI made the request because such wiretapping would be illegal, since the President cannot just order the eavesdropping of a U.S. citizen’s phones, the sources said.

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Comey asks Justice Department to reject Trump’s wiretapping claim

FBI Director James B. Comey asked the Justice Department over the weekend to publicly reject President Trump’s assertion that Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Trump’s phones, senior US officials said Sunday. 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.

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Comey wants Justice Department to reject Trump wiretap claim: NYT

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence welcomes FBI Director James Comey watched by Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy and U.S. President Donald Trump during the reception for law enforcement officers and first responders in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington Jan. 22. Comey considers Trump’s accusation that former President Barack Obama tapped his phones to be false, The New York Times reported Sunday. FBI Director James Comey considers President Donald Trump’s explosive accusation that Barack Obama tapped his phones to be false, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Former DNI James Clapper says Trump claim of wiretap is false

Former DNI James Clapper says Trump claim of wiretap is false Trump’s accusation of Obama wiretap at Trump Tower is disputed Check out this story on ElPasoTimes.com: http://usat.ly/2n2Vfp8 James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, says there was no court order to monitor Donald Trump’s phones. WASHINGTON – Former Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper said Sunday he would have known and that there were no wiretaps at Trump Tower or against Donald Trump or his campaign during his tenure.

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President Trump, who this weekend tweeted claims that he’d been wiretapped by his predecessor, boards Air Force One in Florida on his way back to Washington on Sunday. The president’s accusation Saturday that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had tapped his phone “during the very sacred election process” escalated on Sunday into the White House’s call for a congressional investigation of that evidence-free claim.

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The White House showed no indication that it would back down from Mr. Trump’s claims. On Sunday, the president demanded a congressional inquiry into whether Mr. Obama had abused the power of federal law enforcement agencies before the 2016 presidential election.

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Schumer on Trump claims:Either way, the president is in trouble

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer on Sunday raised questions about President TrumpA s claims that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower before the election…”And either way, Chuck, the presidentA s in trouble. If he falsely spread this kind of misinformation, that is so wrong,” Schumer said…”On the other hand, if itA s true, itA s even worse for the president,” Schumer said.

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Trump wants Congress to look into wiretap claims

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The Latest: Senator: Intel panel to look at alleged wiretap

The Latest on President Donald Trump’s claim that then-President Barack Obama had Trump’s telephones tapped during last year’s election : A Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee says he believes President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations that his predecessor ordered wiretaps of Trump Tower will become part of the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton says, “We’re going to follow the facts wherever they lead us.

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Trump accuses Obama of tapping his phones, invokes Watergate

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Donald Trump has been urged to provide evidence to support his sensational claim that Barack Obama ordered his phones to be tapped during the election campaign. Republican senator Ben Sasse said the US President’s allegations were “serious” and he should explain the alleged wire-tapping and how he came to know about it.

Trump urged to back up claims his phones were tapped by Obama

US President Donald Trump has been urged to provide evidence to back his allegation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered his phones to be tapped during the election campaign. Republican Senator Ben Sasse said Mr Trump’s comments were “serious” and he should explain the alleged wire-tapping and how he came to know about it.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Saturday ripped President Donald Trump as the “deflector-in-chief” and called for an independent investigation of his accusations that his campaign was wire-tapped by the Obama administration. Trump unleashed a Twitter storm earlier Saturday that former President Barack Obama tapped his telephone at Trump Tower in New York as part an investigation into whether his campaign was communicating with the Russian government.

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A spokesman for former President Barack Obama strongly denied President Donald Trump’s tweeted accusation that his predecessor had his Trump Tower offices wiretapped, while another former Obama official cautioned to be careful while considering the official statement. “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 reported on Saturday.

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Obama denies Trump’s claim he wiretapped him

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Trump claims Obama had his phones wiretapped; no proof cited

President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former President Barack Obama of having Trump Tower telephone lines “wire tapped” during last year’s election, but Trump didn’t offer any evidence or say what prompted the allegation. Trump, whose administration has been under siege over campaign contacts with Russian officials, said in a series of early morning tweets that he “just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory.