Spicer: Trump 'doesn't really think' Obama wiretapped him personally

[mystery-ak]

Spicer: Trump 'doesn't really think' Obama wiretapped him personally

By Madeline Conway

03/13/17 02:45 PM EDT


White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that President Donald Trump “doesn’t really think” that Barack Obama “tapped his phone personally,” seeming to walk back Trump’s explosive and unsubstantiated claim that his predecessor ordered an illegal wiretap of Trump Tower.

“He doesn't really think that President Obama went up and tapped his phone personally,” Spicer told reporters at the afternoon press briefing.

Spicer tried to argue that Trump had accused the Obama administration of general “surveillance” activities, and not a literal wiretap, even though Trump himself had use the term “wire tapping” in one of several tweets making the claim without evidence on March 4. Spicer claimed that the fact that Trump put quotation marks around the words “wire tapping” in one tweet was proof that he was not speaking literally.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/sean-spicer-donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-236001

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Why does Trump need to hide behind Spicer? Makes him look like a coward IMO.


Trump needs to set the record straight.


BTW, they got 3 hours before the day is up to present evidence.

[geronl]

Walking back stuff is something Spicer is going to do. Trump can't even walk forwards and chew gum at the same time.

[txradioguy]

Spicer tried to argue that Trump had accused the Obama administration of general “surveillance” activities, and not a literal wiretap

Uh huh...sure Mr. Spicer.

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017


Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017


I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017


How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

 

[Sanguine]

Trump “doesn’t really think” that Barack Obama “tapped his phone personally,”

Of course not.  I don't see that this is even a story.