White House Calls For Congress To Investigate Trump’s Wiretap Claims

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds his daily press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Washington, DC, February 27, 2017. Credit: Aude Guerrucci / Pool via CNP /MediaPunch/IPX
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer called Sunday for Congress to investigate President Donald Trump’s claims that President Barack Obama’s administration “abused” its executive power before the 2016 election.

“President Donald J. Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016,” Spicer said in a statement released Sunday.

He said Trump’s allegations of “potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election” are “very troubling.”

“Neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted,” Spicer said.

He then promptly commented further by way of a Twitter post citing former Attorney General Michael Mukasey.

On Saturday, Trump claimed that President Barack Obama was “wire tapping” his phones at Trump Tower ahead of the 2016 election. He offered no evidence to support those allegations.

A spokesperson for Obama rejected that claim later the same day.

“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. “Neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen.”

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  1. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    He’s investigating to see if he was under investigation which could only be triggered by a FISA warrant and probable cause. Brilliant!

  2. Careful what you wish for, Spicey.

  3. That’s brilliant – “The executive branch will not comment on the president’s comment until the Congress has investigated it for him, despite all the evidence that could be found would be discovered by interviewing or subpoenaing or getting warrants on … the executive branch.”

    It’s perfect circular logic…

    All Trump has to do is produce the evidence, since as president he has access to it.

    If he can’t … well, we already know he’s a liar.

  4. “And while you’re at it, Congress, please initiate an investigation into how the Obama administration stopped millions of Republicans from attending Trump’s inauguration. Like, they were totally having police stop anyone coming into D.C. with a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat”

    #BaghdadBobSpicer

  5. So now instead of FAKE investigating things that really ruffle his hair (and pretending he’s paying for it) he now has an entire investigative arm to go after the latest conspiracy theories. I hope to shit they DO investigate but what bothers me is that Trump and the Flying Monkeys ALSO have the power to suppress the results of the investigation(s) because they only prove his lying and paranoia.

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