'You're in deep sh*t': Lawmaker alerts Trump if phones were 'tapped' a judge found 'probable cause..

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

Youre in deep sh*t: Lawmaker alerts Trump if phones were tapped a judge found probable cause of crime

TOM BOGGIONI
04 MAR 2017 AT 11:34 ET

A California Congressman took to Twitter on Saturday morning to warn President Donald Trump that if he is correct that his Trump Tower phones were tapped he is in deep sh*t.

Early Saturday morning, Trump set the political world ablaze by accusing former President Barack Obama of having [link:http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-goes-on-twitter-rant-accusing-ex-president-obama-of-tapping-phones-at-trump-tower-prior-to-election/his phones tapped] prior to the 2016 election.

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Although Trump provided no information that he may have been monitored, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) stated that the president may want to lawyer up.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/youre-in-deep-sht-lawmaker-alerts-trump-if-phones-were-tapped-a-judge-found-probable-cause-of-crime/

[Moostache]

1. Let Donnie be Donnie....Proceed Mr. President...

Don't help him in any way....even when pointing out that he is admitting guilt is not a good idea.

When you see a friend in a hole, help him to stop digging.
When you see an enemy of humanity in a hole, hand him another shovel!!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

33. esp. nice that he has accused the Intell. community again.

They are already not happy with his bullshit and lies about them.

If there IS a wiretap, it is classified, so how did he know about it, and why is he publicizing classified info?

[Volaris]

56. If If he tweeted about it aint classified anymore.

Making it legally subject to a FOIA request.
People are freaking out because if this is true, he's fucked 6 ways from Sunday (and he will take anyone complicit from the Republican Congressional Majorities down with him).

The old Chinese curse is 'may you live in interesting times'. But nobody ever said that didn't have to be fun to watch.

[lastlib]

43. The only mystery remaining is......

...will he be hauled out of the White House a) in handcuffs, b) in a straitjacket, or c) on a stretcher?

[briv1016]

45. d) body bag (which I guess would also be on a stretcher.) Putin covers his tracks.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

51. Maybe tied to a hand truck, wearing a hockey goalie's mask like Hannibal Lecter.

[Alice11111]

55. Agree! To Our experts:STOP helping him escape. (He consumesTV) Give him rope,&let him hang himself!

[Doreen]

2. OK, uhmm, uh,

the only thing that can be said is they just plain old have lost it. Period.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. This is some of the best news I've heard in many moons

Something's cooking at Trump Tower

[BumRushDaShow]

9. I saw that there was a fire there yesterday

http://abc7ny.com/news/fire-breaks-out-at-apartment-in-trump-international-hotel-and-tower/1782646/

[notdarkyet]

27. Probably burning evidence.

[titaniumsalute]

30. Different property

One is Trump Tower (his NY White House) the other is the International Hotel.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. I know but it's still his

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/nyregion/trump-wanted-his-name-across-the-earth-new-york-city-said-no.html

[mnhtnbb]

4. Maybe now we know why Obama has been smiling so much since leaving office.

[inanna]

5. This needs to fly right to the top of the greatest page.

Recommended and thanks for posting!

[BumRushDaShow]

6. "president may want to lawyer up." - You mean Michael Cohen?

(Cohen might have to lawer-up)

[CrispyQ]

7. Let's hope there's a conference call with the Russians, Pence, McConnell & Ryan.

If a girl is going to dream, go big.

[Plucketeer]

20. Oh to dream!

Striped suits - leg irons shackled to one another. I'd frame a copy and hang it in a prominent spot!

[NCjack]

21. I suspect that McConnell and Ryan are too cautious to be ensnared. Pence,

however, is Trump's tool, so he could be.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Deepshit Donnie

Hey a new moniker !!

[Fred Sanders]

10. So once again citing no evidence but Infowars conspiracy theories, Trump blames Obama!? Sad

[Botany]

11. So working with the Russians to rig the elections was illegal?

And now it turns out that Sessions intoduced Carter Page to Trump?

Just how deep and wide does this thing go?

[Kablooie]

12. Over in freerepublic land they are delighted.

They are talking about Obama going to jail for tapping the phones.
This is the bigger than watergate moment they've been waiting for.
They Assume he did it illegally all on his own.

I guess FISA is considered to be a criminal organization.

[2naSalit]

13. The pictures in their

peabrains include President Obama in a jumpsuit, ball cap and tool belt actually snipping into the "wires" like in a Mission Impossible episode!

[Renew Deal]

14. I want to see the warrant and Trump's evidence of wiretapping

[Kablooie]

16. You'll have to contact breitbart for that.

[PSPS]

34. No warrant many have been needed or used if the tap was on the kremlin side of the calls.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

40. Isn't that thanks to the Patriot Act?

Ouch, you live by the sword, you die by the sword.

[mopinko]

58. rachel was talking about that.

if a u.s. person for whom they dont have a warrant gets on the phone, they are supposed to hang up. so....

[ailsagirl]

17. Man, are they deluded

Obama was/is above reproach in every way-- impeccable

[inanna]

36. I think the freeper lurkers are watching this thread.

It has over 5000 views.

lol...

[Renew Deal]

15. Lieu is right and I'm glad he's saying it

[CincyDem]

26. Absolutely...

Think about this from the perspective of the FISA court judges. You're sitting there trying to decide if you're going to tap the phones of someone with a 50/50 chance of becoming the next POTUS.

I don't care who appointed you and how anonymous you are - that's not one where you give the prosecution the "benefit of the doubt".

Reminds me of the phrase, if you try to kill the king, you damn well better succeed.

These guys saw something in those filings that scared the chit of them. Only way FISA approved taps on TT.

IMHO.

[funkybutt]

37. Omar!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. Here's a link to the Washington Post article mentioned in the tweet with macho *****.

Trump, citing no evidence, accuses Obama of ‘Nixon/Watergate’ plot to wiretap Trump Tower

By Philip Rucker, Ellen Nakashima and Robert Costa March 4 at 12:56 PM

President Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election.

Citing no evidence to support his explosive allegation, Trump said in a series of five tweets sent Saturday morning that Obama was “wire tapping” his New York offices before the election in a move he compared to McCarthyism. “Bad (or sick) guy!” he said of his predecessor, adding that the surveillance resulted in “nothing found.”

Trump offered no citations nor did he point to any credible news report to back up his accusation, but he may have been referring to commentary on Breitbart and conservative talk radio suggesting that Obama and his administration used “police state” tactics last fall to monitor the Trump team. The Breitbart story, published Friday, has been circulating among Trump's senior staff, according to a White House official who described it as a useful catalogue of the Obama administration's activities.

Kevin Lewis, a spokesman for Obama, said in a statement early Saturday afternoon: "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. 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." ... Officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice declined to comment.
....

Matt Zapotosky contributed to this report.

Philip Rucker is the White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post. He previously has covered Congress, the Obama White House, and the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. He joined The Post in 2005 as a local news reporter.
Follow @PhilipRucker

Ellen Nakashima is a national security reporter for The Washington Post. She focuses on issues relating to intelligence, technology and civil liberties.
Follow @nakashimae

Robert Costa is a national political reporter at The Washington Post.
Follow @costareports

[True Dough]

19. As they say

Obama is living rent-free in Trump's head. Barack can be out there windsurfing or kite-sailing with a smile on his face while Drumpf is battling paranoia.

Love it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. Obama is living rent-free in Trump's head.

I just love that image!

[joet67]

23. and if it wasn't free, I'd gladly help pay the rent. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

24. I might contribute also.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

41. Feet up on the coffee table, smoking cigars, throwing trash on the floor ..

... spray painting the walls, not flushing the toilet, waking around naked.

Just made himself feel right at home.

[briv1016]

46. What the hell do you do in your house?

[Fantastic Anarchist]

50. It's my take on a bit from Curb Your Enthusiasm.

I'll have to find the YouTube video. It's hilarious.

[Chitown Kev]

53. lmao

now THAT is an image

[riversedge]

25. CNN: Without evidence, Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping him

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/04/politics/trump-obama-wiretap-tweet/index.html




Without evidence, Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping him


By Eugene Scott and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN

Updated 1:05 PM ET, Sat March 4, 2017


(CNN)BREAKING NEWS: A spokesperson for former President Barack Obama responded to President Donald Trump's stunning allegations on Saturday that the Obama administration wiretapped him, calling the unverified claim "simply false."



"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. "As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false."




............

Asked about Trump's tweets on Saturday, a former senior US official with direct knowledge of investigations by the Justice Department under the Obama administration denied there was any such investigation of Trump or that his phones were tapped.



"This did not happen. It is false. Wrong," the former official said.



The official said clearly that Obama could not order this. It would have been taken to a judge by investigators, but investigators never did that, the former official said.......................................

[dalton99a]

29. +1

[Blanks]

28. The Russian diplomat...

Was not filmed coming in the front door of Trump tower when there were cameras all over the place, but there is proof that he was there.

They knew it would be improper for the ambassador to be there, so they snuck him in a back entrance.

It seems like Rachael said something along those lines last night.

[oasis]

31. Ted Lieu is one of the more courageous members of congress. nt

[McCamy Taylor]

35. Actually, NSA can wiretap any foreign national.

Meaning if a Russian called Trump, the NSA knows about it. But Trump probably does not know that. He is only POTUS.

[Maynar]

38. LOCK. HIM. UP.

[Hekate]

39. Thank you, Ted Lieu!

[Kimchijeon]

42. Good! I hope he is in deep shit and look forward to the fallout

Get 'em all outta there!!

[Mc Mike]

44. Might want to lawyer up? That crooked scammer has always had a zillion lawyers around him,

for the last 3 decades, at least.

[zentrum]

47. There is a third explanation.

He's not lying. His is phones were tapped. It wasn't Obama, using FISA. It was the Russians, getting dirt on him.

This is most dangerous of all.

[triron]

48. kick for visibility

[IronLionZion]

49. I hope they found some damning evidence

Enough teasers. This idiotic presidency needs to end already.

[Docreed2003]

52. This needs to be said more frequently!!!

Shut the fuck up Donnie...

[moonscape]

54. This is an interesting explanation - link tweeted by Jon Favreau -

https://www.justsecurity.org/38347/tapping-trump/

Excerpt, re probable cause

"[...]Taking all these claims with the appropriate sodium chloride seasoning, what can we infer? First, contrary to what many on social media—and even a few reporters for reputable outlets—have asserted, the issuance of a FISA order does not imply that the FBI established probable cause to believe that any Trump associate was acting as an “agent of a foreign power” or engaged in criminal wrongdoing. That would be necessary only if the court had authorized direct electronic surveillance of a United States person, which (if we credit the BBC report) the FISC apparently declined to do. Assuming the initial applications were indeed for full-blown electronic surveillance orders, then the fact that the FBI supposedly did name the Trump associates at first would suggest they may have thought they had such evidence, but one would expect the FISC to apply particularly exacting scrutiny to an application naming persons associated with an ongoing presidential campaign. An application targeting only foreign corporate entities—especially entities openly controlled or directed by the Russian government—would require no such showing, even if the FBI’s ultimate interest were in communications concerning those U.S. persons. [...]"

[Oneironaut]

57. Drumpf the 5-year-old is telling fibs again.