THE president is a sick individual, tweeting bull at all hours of the day and night, nothing of substance, nothing one would expect from the president of the United States. The investigations by the media into the drumpf/trump-pence Russia scandal must be getting to him. The truth will be found and it just might be the end of pres drumpf/trump and hopefully ag jeff sessions too. I am so glad Pres Obama did not respond by twitter, refused to lower himself to drumpf/trump's level. Here is the latest insanity from the drumpf/trump-pence White House from +NPR Politics .....
President Trump Accuses Obama Of 'Wire Tapping,' Provides No Evidence
Updated at 1:04 p.m. ET with Obama spokesman's statement
In a string of tweets posted early Saturday morning, President Trump let loose a barrage of accusations at his predecessor. He alleged that former President Obama had his "wires tapped" in Trump Tower before Election Day last year, accusing Obama of "McCarthyism" and being a "bad (or sick) guy."
Trump, who is under significant scrutiny for his administration's contacts with Russia before he took office, offered no evidence to support his claims Saturday morning. The White House has not responded immediately to NPR's requests for comment.
Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis dismissed the allegation in a statement, which you can read below.
Trump opened his volley on Twitter Saturday morning with a defense of his embattled attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who recused himself earlier this week from any investigations into Russian intervention in the presidential election. Sessions has been embroiled in controversy for two meetings he held with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. last year, which appear to contradict a statement he made to the Senate in his confirmation hearings.
"The first meeting Jeff Sessions had with the Russian Amb was set up by the Obama Administration under education program for 100 Ambs," Trump tweeted. Later, Trump added that the same Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, visited the White House under Obama "22 times, and 4 times last year alone."
In the midst of these defenses, the sitting president accused the former president of " 'wire tapping' a race for president prior to an election."
"Terrible!" Trump tweeted. "Just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!"
Lewis, Obama's spokesman, rejected the allegation that the former president was involved in surveillance:
Trump did not produce evidence to support his assertions, nor did he cite the source of his information — though on Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR's Ron Elving notes the fact that Trump says he "just found out":
"That is an extraordinary thing to hear from a sitting president about his predecessor," NPR's Mary Louise Kelly notes on Weekend Edition Saturday. For our Newscast unit, Mary Louise adds: "Tapping his phones would require a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance court."
She also says the director of national intelligence is declining comment.
The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election to boost Trump's campaign. Congressional intelligence committees are currently reviewing documents related to possible links between Russian officials and the campaign, as well as recent leaks of classified information.
Shortly after his final tweet about Obama, which says "this is Nixon/Watergate," Trump turned his attention to other matters, berating Arnold Schwarzenegger, his successor on Celebrity Apprentice. Schwarzenegger announced Friday he was leaving the show, blaming the show's recent poor ratings on Trump.
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