Fox News suspends Judge Andrew Napolitano over British spying claim: Report

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: WASHINGTON EXAMINER

URL: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2617941/

by Eddie Scarry


Fox News has indefinitely removed contributor Andrew Napolitano from its programming, following an unsubstantiated claim he made on air last week and that was refuted by U.S. intelligence officials, according to a report.

The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that Napolitano has not made any appearances on Fox since last Thursday.

Citing an anonymous source, the paper said Napolitano "is not expected to be on Fox News Channel any time in the near future."

The Washington Examiner has asked a Fox spokesperson for confirmation of the report.

Napolitano last week tried to bolster President Trump's own previous and unfounded claim that the Obama administration had wiretapped him when he was transitioning into the White House.

 
"He used GCHQ. What is that? It's the initials for the British intelligence-finding agency," Napolitano said on Fox. "So, simply by having two people saying to them president needs transcripts of conversations involving candidate Trump's conversations, involving President-elect Trump, he's able to get it and there's no American fingerprints on this."

Fox daytime anchor Shepard Smith on Friday disputed Napolitano's claim.

"Fox News cannot confirm Judge Napolitano's commentary," Smith said. "Fox News knows of no evidence of any kind that the now-president of the United States was surveilled at any time, any way. Full stop."

On Monday, National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers denied that U.S. intelligence had asked the British to conduct surveillance, and said that it would be against the law.

[DiogenesLamp]

The Deep State strikes back.   

[EC]

The Deep State strikes back.

You don't half talk a lot of shit.

[mystery-ak]

I had a feeling this was coming..

[corbe]

   Napolitano's statements are just as stupid as the tweets that started this.
   A lot of political capital, at an important time in his Administration, is being wasted on this exercise in futility. IMHO

[SirLinksALot]

   Napolitano's statements are just as stupid as the tweets that started this.
   A lot of political capital, at an important time in his Administration, is being wasted on this exercise in futility. IMHO

What in your opinion should be the wisest reaction towards the charges of "Russian Collusion" against Trump and his team? ( this is still being investigated as per Comey today ).

[Cripplecreek]

You don't half talk a lot of shit.

If its not fake news its the deep state. LOL

[DiogenesLamp]

You don't half talk a lot of shit.

Who says what he said was sh*t?   I have little doubt that what he said was likely true.    We get the Brits to spy on our citizens,   and we spy on theirs.   It's the old "tit for tat"  or "quid pro quo".   

Trading favors.    Yes,  I know they deny they did such a thing,  because doing such a thing would be illegal,   so the only answer you will ever get from them is that they don't do illegal things.   


Of course they have to punish anyone who pulls back the curtain a little bit. 

[Idiot]

   Napolitano's statements are just as stupid as the tweets that started this.
   A lot of political capital, at an important time in his Administration, is being wasted on this exercise in futility. IMHO

@corbe
You have hit the nail on the head!

[Victoria33]

I had a feeling this was coming..

@mystery-ak

Me, too, I knew he would be gone.  Trump took what he said and went with it as truth, you know, like believing the National Enquirer and reporting that as truth.  I miss George Bush and any other Republican President in history.

[DiogenesLamp]

   Napolitano's statements are just as stupid as the tweets that started this.
   A lot of political capital, at an important time in his Administration, is being wasted on this exercise in futility. IMHO

Because, God only knows,  if Trump would just make nicey nice with the Democrats and Rinos,   everything would go much more swimingly! 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

@mystery-ak

Me, too, I knew he would be gone.  Trump took what he said and went with it as truth, you know, like believing the National Enquirer and reporting that as truth.  I miss George Bush and any other Republican President in history.

 

[skeeter]

Because, God only knows,  if Trump would just make nicey nice with the Democrats and Rinos,   everything would go much more swimingly!

Trump isn't the guy I wanted but he's the best hope we have now.  Because he's not one of 'them' - which is why the establishment never intended to treat him as a legitimately elected leader. He horned in on their franchise.

Why is this so difficult for some to understand?

[Rivergirl]

Seems to me it was Levin who passed this nonsensical comment on to Breitbart who then forwarded it to Napolitano.
Anyone else see this timeline?

[corbe]

What in your opinion should be the wisest reaction towards the charges of "Russian Collusion" against Trump and his team? ( this is still being investigated as per Comey today ).

   @SirLinksALot

   Trump should let this be buried by his lapdogs Ryan and McConnell, the numbers favor him in the Congressional Committees, Now.
   Now even Prime Ministers are joking about it (Iraq, Germany). 
   This is a self inflicted wound and needs to be snuffed out, the quicker the better.

[corbe]

Seems to me it was Levin who passed this nonsensical comment on to Breitbart who then forwarded it to Napolitano.
Anyone else see this timeline?

  @Rivergirl

   If I'm not mistaken this was right when Schumer started questioning his new AG Sessions contact with the Russians, after just losing Gen Flynn, he doubled down and tweeted obummer wiretapped him and here we are weeks later, still mired in this crap.

[DB]

I liked Napolitano and I'm usually interested in his commentary. I'd guess there will be many casualties along the way in trying to defend Trump when he says things without thinking it through first.

Glad that isn't my job...

[Chosen Daughter]

Looks like Shep is the only one willing to talk truth at FOX.  Good for him.

[DiogenesLamp]

Trump isn't the guy I wanted but he's the best hope we have now.  Because he's not one of 'them' - which is why the establishment never intended to treat him as a legitimately elected leader. He horned in on their franchise.

Why is this so difficult for some to understand?

Pride.   They declared Trump as intolerable,  wanted him to lose,  and when he won despite all their predictions, (see my tagline) their pride was wounded.  Now they want to be proven right that their judgement was correct in the first place.   


Sour Grapes.   It's really all that is behind the bile spewed forth against him nowadays,   at least from the conservative side of the spectrum.   


Some here had the good judgement to realize that they had made a mistake and they have owned up to it.   Others just can't do anything but boo and hiss regarding every little bit of nothing news associated with Trump.

[DiogenesLamp]

   @SirLinksALot

   Trump should let this be buried by his lapdogs Ryan and McConnell, the numbers favor him in the Congressional Committees, Now.
   Now even Prime Ministers are joking about it (Iraq, Germany). 
   This is a self inflicted wound and needs to be snuffed out, the quicker the better.

It is not a "wound",   it is another fake story by the news media (deep state and deep corporate interests)   attempting to damage Trump.   


It is enemy action by our primary enemies.   (Crony capitalist collusion between wealthy white Liberals and Deep state enablers.)   


I personally believe Obama's deep state apparatus did indeed surveil (including "wiretapping"  in it's modern form)  Trump,   and I also believe all involved will lie about it.   We have only the Media's (see collusion mentioned above) word and repetitions that it didn't happen.   

It is only perceived as a "wound"  because the Media is deliberately forcing this interpretation on the public and constantly repeating it.   


I've seen this trick played out numerous times before,  haven't you?   They did it to Reagan,  Bush,  Gingrich,  and anyone else who challenged the Mandarins power. 

[DiogenesLamp]

  @Rivergirl

   If I'm not mistaken this was right when Schumer started questioning his new AG Sessions contact with the Russians, after just losing Gen Flynn, he doubled down and tweeted obummer wiretapped him and here we are weeks later, still mired in this crap.

If they weren't wiretapping Trump's people,   how in hell did they get the transcript of the phone conversation he (Flynn)  had with "the Russians" ?     

[DiogenesLamp]

I liked Napolitano and I'm usually interested in his commentary. I'd guess there will be many casualties along the way in trying to defend Trump when he says things without thinking it through first.

Or when the media uses their monstrous power of lying to the American people and broadcasting incorrect information to them because they have all that massive communications infrastructure that allows them to constantly spread their lies and agenda.   

They said the exact same thing about Reagan;  that he said things without thinking it through.   They said Bush was foolish in making his "read my lips,  no new taxes"  pledge.   They said Gingrich shut down the government because he hates poor people. 


Are there still some of you out there that does not understand how this massive Democrat propaganda system operates?   

[DiogenesLamp]

Looks like Shep is the only one willing to talk truth at FOX.  Good for him.

The Homosexual liberal?   Yeah,  he's the one telling the "truth."   

[DB]

If they weren't wiretapping Trump's people,   how in hell did they get the transcript of the phone conversation he (Flynn)  had with "the Russians" ?   

That's easy. They were capturing the Russian's phone which has both ends of the conversation going from/to it. The NSA/CIA should be monitoring the Russians phones. The NSA/CIA should not be leaking that they are though. Especially if that phone had encryption that the Russians didn't know we had broken - that's a serious crime done for political reasons.

[DiogenesLamp]

That's easy. They were capturing the Russian's phone which has both ends of the conversation going from/to it. The NSA/CIA should be monitoring the Russians phones. The NSA/CIA should not be leaking that they are though. Especially if that phone had encryption that the Russians didn't know we had broken - that's a serious crime done for political reasons.

So we already know they will do crime,   we just don't believe they will do the crime of wire tapping Trump and his associate's phones?   Because that would be unethical or something?