The President’s wiretap allegations are now likely to be included in congressional investigations of possible Russian interference in the presidential campaign. Jay Sekulow, offers his insights on this issue and more on The 700 Club.
Gary Lane : Mar 6, 2017 : CBN News
[CBN News] Did the Obama administration wiretap Donald Trump’s presidential campaign? Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, offers his insights on this issue and more on The 700 Club. (Photo via CBN News)
It’s a potential scandal that could be just as bad as Nixon and Watergate.
President Donald Trump took to Twitter again—this time accusing former President Barack Obama of eavesdropping on his presidential campaign.
Trump started the political firestorm over the weekend when he tweeted, “Terrible! just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!”
The president likened the tactic to Nixon and Watergate and called the former president a “bad (or sick) guy.”
Former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, who is often critical of Trump, recently refuted the president’s allegations on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“For the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time, as a candidate or against his campaign,” Clapper said.
The media quickly said the president didn’t offer any evidence for his claim. So where did Trump get his information—from an intelligence briefing or news reports?
Some believe it came from a Breitbart News story and claims made by conservative talk show host Mark Levin.
“How many of Trump’s people were eavesdropped on? How many had their conversations intercepted, recorded, transcribed? Because this, ladies and gentlemen, is the big scandal,” Levin insisted.
Levin, who worked as chief of staff for former Attorney General Ed Meese, tweeted a detailed list of links to stories from the major news media to back up his claims.
They include reports about federal FISA court warrants allowing the FBI to conduct surveillance on Trump campaign officials.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, President Trump received some push back from members of his own party.
“I have never heard that allegation made before by anybody,” said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL.
On CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Senate Intelligence Committee member Susan Collins said she has seen no evidence of what the president has alleged.
“It would probably be helpful if he gave more information, but it also might be helpful if he just didn’t comment further and allowed us to do our work,” said Sen. Collins, R-Maine.
The Senate panel’s work also includes investigating alleged Russian meddling in last fall’s presidential campaign.
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, also on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told “Fox News Sunday’s” Chris Wallace he has “seen no evidence” that the Trump campaign successfully conspired with the Russian government to defeat Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
“Media reports have gotten pretty far over their skis on this,” Cotton charged.
Clapper also said the U.S. intelligence agencies didn’t have any evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians while he was in the government.
The president’s wiretap allegations are now likely to be included in congressional investigations of possible Russian interference in the presidential campaign.
And Democrats are unlikely to let go of any possible Trump campaign ties to the Russians. So far, however, there’s still no evidence to support those allegations.
Obama Audited Billy Graham, So Wiretapping Trump Tower is Not a Stretch
“If President Trump made false claims against the previous administration, he should apologize. But if the Obama Administration did in fact order wiretaps—they must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” -Todd Starnes
(New York, NY)—[Reprinted with permission of Todd Starnes] The Obama Administration engaged in eight years of political payback and heavy-handed bullying that specifically targeted their “political enemies.” (Photo via TrumpTowerNY.com)
They used the Internal Revenue Service to wage an ugly campaign of bullying and intimidation to silence Tea Party groups and Christian ministries.
In 2013 President Obama’s minions sent IRS agents to bully the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
“I believe that someone in the administration was targeting and attempting to intimidate us,” Franklin Graham wrote in a letter to the White House. “This is morally wrong and unethical—indeed some would call it ‘un-American.'”
The BGEA’s only crime against Obama was to urge voters to back candidates who base their decisions on Biblical principles. They also supported an effort to support traditional marriage in the state of North Carolina.
I believe the government used the power of the IRS to silence dissent and punish those who refused to comply.
They targeted Billy Graham, America’s pastor. Just let that sink in, folks.
So if the Obama Administration went after Billy Graham, it’s not out of the realm of possibility they wiretapped Donald Trump. (Photo via BillyGraham.org)
The Mainstream Media believes such a charge is absurd, but is it really?
My Fox News colleague James Rosen was secretly designated by the administration as a criminal co-conspirator. A federal judge gave the government permission to rifle through his private emails.
That kind of behavior is beyond nefarious; it’s a clear abuse of power.
Is it possible that the Obama Administration wiretapped Trump Tower? Is it possible that government workers loyal to the previous president have been leaking sensitive information to the media? Is it possible there is an active plot to take down the Trump presidency?
For the record, we do not know for certain if anyone was wiretapped. And it’s for that reason we need a thorough congressional investigation.
If President Trump made false claims against the previous administration, he should apologize. But if the Obama Administration did in fact order wiretaps—they must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.