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'Neither the White House Nor the President Will Comment Further'
So, Donald Trump makes an explosive charge.
He provides no evidence to support it.
And then his aids announce that he will never provide any evidence to support it.
Come on, Trumpers. Even you guys have to be rolling your eyes at this.
The madness of King Donald.
'Neither the White House Nor the President Will Comment Further'
A day after the Trump charges “Nixon/Watergate” level misconduct by his predecessor, the administration says it will provide no evidence to substantiate his claims.
A day after President Donald Trump charged that President Obama had tapped his phones in advance of the November election, his spokesperson announced that the White House did not intend to offer any evidence to substantiate that remarkable claim—and would not be offering further comment in the near future.
The statement capped 24 hours of intense speculation, as the administration and its allies sought to shift the focus of attention from reported contacts between Trump aides and Russia, to questions about how such contacts had been uncovered. Earlier in the week, Trump and his aides had blasted the leaks which had disclosed the contacts, and the news outlets which reported them; on Saturday, the president shifted to attack the basis of the electronic surveillance that reportedly documented the contacts.
Later on Saturday, The New York Times reported that “two people close to Mr. Trump said they believed he was referring to a Breitbart News article,” and not to any classified briefings or other intelligence reports to which he might have been privy. Several of his advisers, the Times reported, were “stunned by the president’s morning Twitter outburst,” left scrambling to substantiate the claims, for which the president provided no sources.
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We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: 'Neither the White House Nor the President Will Comment Further'
Our POTUS is a POW ! 
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
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Re: 'Neither the White House Nor the President Will Comment Further'
James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, appeared on Meet The Press today and had this to say about the wiretapping fairytale Trump tweeted about:
WASHINGTON — Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday denied any suggestion that Trump Tower communications were wiretapped before the election.
For the part of the national security apparatus that he oversaw, "there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign," Clapper told Chuck Todd in an exclusive interview on Sunday's "Meet The Press."
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When Todd asked him whether he could confirm or deny if a FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Act) order for this existed, Clapper declared, "I can deny it."
Asked again whether there was a FISA Court order to monitor Trump Tower, Clapper said, "Not to my knowledge."
Clapper said that if any wiretap like that occurred, he would "certainly hope" that he would be aware of it.
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Re: 'Neither the White House Nor the President Will Comment Further'
Chuck Schumer had an interesting take:
"And either way, , the president's in trouble. If he falsely spread this kind of misinformation, that is so wrong."
"It's beneath the dignity of the presidency. It is something that really hurts people's view of government."
"if this is the case, it shows the president doesn't know how to "conduct himself."
"On the other hand, if it's true, it's even worse for the president,"
"Because that means that a federal judge, independently elected, has found probable cause that the president, or people on his staff, have probable cause to have broken the law or to have interacted with a foreign agent."
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It just adds to the growing list of reasons why I can not respect him.
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"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"