Trump: I Feel 'Somewhat' Vindicated By Nunes' Surveillance Claim

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By MATT SHUHAM Published MARCH 22, 2017, 3:47 PM EDT

President Donald Trump said that he felt “somewhat” vindicated in his unsubstantiated wiretapping claims after hearing from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA), who claimed Wednesday that Trump and members of his transition team had been “incidentally” surveilled.

“Do you feel vindicated by Chairman Nunes?” a reporter asked the President. “I somewhat do. I must tell you, I somewhat do. I very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found, but I somewhat do," Trump responded.

Trump claimed without evidence on March 4 that President Obama had personally ordered wiretapping at Trump Tower. Trump also claimed that it was illegal. Recently, the White House has pointed to media reports about wiretapping and surveillance generally to support Trump's claim, though the reports have not substantiated the accusation.

Nunes claimed Wednesday that Trump and members of his transition team had been “incidentally” surveilled, meaning they were not the actual targets of the surveillance. He did not say that Obama ordered the surveillance, as Trump claimed, and he stated multiple times that the surveillance had been legal.

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[Javaman]

1. he's. on. crack. nt

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. What a dumb ass!

Trump has no idea what this means and how serious it is.

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!

[tanyev]

3. And that has to be the entire point of this charade.

[still_one]

4. f**k trump and nunes, and the media for not calling him out on the distortion and

LIE

[Corgigal]

5. Dont

Just don't. Keep that daughter close.

[Liberalagogo]

6. Must have been

one helluva blow job.

[nikibatts]

7. Nunes can no longer remain as Committee Chair. AND it proves this:

There is some there there. Unmasking criminals is not a crime. CIA may have much more intel than FBI.
If unmasking was done than there must have been some criminal behavior on someone's part.

[Hoyt]

8. It's foggy enough that Trump's supporters won't understand and will likely believe he was under

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surveillance. That's just the way it will be for the ignorant white wing racists who supported Trump.

[displacedtexan]

9. So explain "bad or sick guy," Trumphole!

This Nunes crap had better not allow Trump to weasel out of his accusation of a felony!

[MGKrebs]

11. I would say don't get too wrapped up in the Trump lie.

Dude lies every day. He will continue to lie every day. But the fact that his communications were "collected" is very interesting. And he had to run right over there and tell him about it. Very strange. I think they may be very worried about this.

[tinrobot]

10. Somewhat vindicated or somewhat indicted?

Because he's much closer to the latter...

[KT2000]

12. didn't he just out himself?

So they were so idiotic as to communicate with Russia and not realize that Russia is spied upon by the US. Then, he feels vindicated because his people were caught talking with Russia via taps on Russian communications. What does he think happened here that would any way be good news for him? HE has been caught.

[adigal]

13. Right now Schiff is saying Nunez never told him or the committee and his actions throw the ability

of the committee to do their job anymore.

He also said Nunez hasn't made the extra-special super-secret documents available to him. He said Nunez chose to be with the White House, not the committee, but not decided yet.

[judesedit]

14. The surveillance was on his Russian buddies that had offices in Trump tower a couple of floors below

him. Trump knows exactly who they are and what they are doing. I'm sure he's getting a cut.

[Kimchijeon]

15. what a fucking idiot

[turbinetree]

16. Hey, sexual predator have you ever heard about a federal grand jury being impaneled

to find out the answers ?

Well your "guy" Nunes, cannot make the determination of your guilt or innocence, that's not his job description, and what he did, is a violation of the law, he has now comprised a federal investigation, he in essence has broken the law.

Not only that dumb a** he is not judge, jury, and he has been running interference for you since the "convention" why?

Because he was part of the transition team correct :

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-rep-devin-nunes-named-to-trump-s-1478893307-htmlstory.html


This is a problem...................

[Demsrule86]

17. Does dumb dumb get it that the reason they were surveilled is because

they were talking to people under investigation...and depending on what was revealed, warrants may have been issued for Trump folks afterwards...Nunes can't be this dumb.

[Blue_Tires]

22. Yep, that's the buried lede

The real question is why the Trump campaign was so openly chatty with some really nefarious folks...

[Demsrule86]

24. You have to wonder...you lay down with dogs (wolves in sheep's clothing in this case)

you get up with fleas.

[red dog 1]

18. Nunes briefing Trump is a "breakdown in the entire oversight process"

Ex-CIA Chief of Staff: Other House Intel Committee Members Likely Horrified Over Nunes Actions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141735456



K&R, thanks for posting

[Vinca]

19. He might feel "vindicated," but he looks guilty of something.

The impression is that Nunes raced to the White House to tip them off so they could destroy evidence or something.

[cstanleytech]

20. Trust me you twit this wasnt spying and it wasnt wiretapping you and Nunn isnt

going to be able to bail you out even though he is trying to with this stunt rather he just put his career on the line and hopefully he is removed from the committee now.

[Denzil_DC]

21. Twit. "Incidentally" implies he might have been caught up in surveillance of legitimate targets.

I hope he realizes his burblings are a matter of public record, and I hope his future lawyers have a bulk supply of Xanax on pre-order.

[Valhallakey]

23. Obama should demand that he be allowed to testify

They are making insuations and outright accusations about President Obama every friggin day. Obama should demand that he be allowed to testify, you know he would own them!