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[LordOfLore]

Link.

The Department of Justice has acknowledged in a court filing no evidence of any wiretaps on Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign, directly contradicting a claim President Trump made in March.

The Justice Department filed a motion Friday evening acknowledging that it didn't have any evidence to back up the president's assertion.

The motion was filed in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit from the transparency group American Oversight. It found that neither the National Security Division or the FBI had any records of wiretapping that President Trump alleged.

"The FBI and Department of Justice have now sided with former [FBI Director James] Comey and confirmed in writing that President Trump lied when he tweeted that former President Obama ‘wiretapped' him at Trump Tower," the group said.

President Trump tweeted on March 4 that he "just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!"

More at the link.

 

[Stinkles]

Bye Jeff.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Something something Deep State something Fake News

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Fake Justice Department

 

[Volimar]

Trump is going to need a more credible source than his own Justice Department.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Jeff sessions is so going to get fired.

Spoiler

And then Mueller

 

[Dynasty]

Of course they would say that, Obama is still controlling the system through the deep state.

Spoiler

/s

 

[Nokterian]

Why did they waste time on bullshit? Why?

 

[Blader]

Bye Jeff.

"You're making me nervous here!"

 

[Mathieran]

No one saw this coming.

 

[JordanN]

Did they check the microwave?

 

[hypernima]

they'll probably waste more time in doing another investigation into it

 

[Common Knowledge]

Yeah but have they investigated if Obama is a time-traveling international criminal yet?

 

[ericexpo]

Obama could have easily used dark magic to do this, i've seen game of thrones.

 

[Earthstrike]

What if Trump only said that to find out if they had?

 

[chuckddd]

How much money has been spent disproving the obvious lies that the Trumpident has tweeted?

 

[Locke562]

Obama could have easily used dark magic to do this, i've seen game of thrones.

Well how do you think microwaves work?

 

[jph139]

I mean they're gonna need an independent investigation here. Sessions is obviously in the pocket of the Deep State, they were never gonna get an unbiased report.

 

[Kinyou]

But did they check the microwaves?

 

[plantedunicorn]

No fucking shit. I can't believe this was a thing. I doubt this'll be the end of it though. Trump is going to be lashing out at someone pretty soon.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

Why did they waste time on bullshit? Why?

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Because they believe in small government and not wasting tax payers dollars

 

[Betty]

Once again Obama escapes justice!

 

[Huge Succeeded]

It's so weeeeird that the dullards I deleted off my facebook friends list were so adamant about how there was no evidence behind any of the allegations lobbied toward Trump and co, and yet spoke on this as though it were confirmed fact. So weeeeird

 

[FTF]

 

[Timedog]

Obama just can't keep getting away with this.

 

[Linkura]

SHOCKING NEWS

 

[L Thammy]

fake department

 

[Madness]

Why did they waste time on bullshit? Why?

Because the 45th President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief openly and publicly stated that while he was a candidate, the now former 44th President, actively used espionage tactics against him. Why would it not be investigated. We know Donald J. Trump is a pathological liar. But he is also the most powerful man in the US/world now. They have to investigate what he says. Just shows how far we've fallen.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Once again Obama proves to be a bastion of basic human decency.

 

[Slayven]

They slick doing it on a Friday evening

 

[Mechanized]

No shit.

 

[MrNelson]

I'm shocked.

Shocked, I say.

 

[Kensation]

(((((((((((((((SOROS)))))))))))))

 

[kirblar]

Of course. The wiretaps weren't on them, they were on individuals and on the Russians they kept trying to talk to.

 

[Oersted]

It was n.... we knew you Sessions

 

[TheCochese]

That's what the Shadow Government wants you to think.

WAKE UP SHEEPLE

 

[.Detective.]

I don't recall Sessions ever saying Obama wiretapped Trump, to the best of my recollection.




... lol

 

[Schucky Ducky]

With everything that has happened over these past few months, I had completely forgotten that Trump accused Obama of that. Totally bonkers.

 

[Horns]

Did the DOJ even need to verify this? Felt like everyone knew the truth already.

 

[Karkador]

Did the DOJ even need to verify this? Felt like everyone knew the truth already.

It was a response to a FOIA request. They had to legally respond in court with the truth. I'm sure there wasn't an investigation, it's simply that they had to state the truth when it's in court.

 

[kevin1025]

You go back in there until he's wiretapped, Jeff!

 

[More_Badass]

In any case, having an official statement from Trump's own Justice Departmant of "Comey is truthful and Trump is a crazy lying idiot" should help against Trump admin's attempts to character-assassinate Comey as a witness in relation to Mueller's investigation

 

[DarknessTear]

SHOCKING NEWS.

 

[night814]

No way, Trump never makes baseless claims and always has all of the information, way more than you. Fake news.

 

[Extollere]

LUL

"Obamma tapped me!!!"

*neo-nazis hold a rally and murder somebody*

"We must wait for the facts to come out before condemning these fine people"

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

Didn't work hard enough, lazy DoJ!

 

[Breads]

Glad we finally got to the bottom this.

It's a shame Trumpsters don't operate on facts.

 

[Bedlam]

Trump is going to need a more credible source than his own Justice Department.

He's probably calling Hannity right now.

 

[Robot Pants]

Read: fucking DUH

 

[WhateverItTakes]

Man I forgot there was this insanity. What a year it's been.