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Trump reportedly went 'ballistic' on senior staff, sources tell ABC News.
In a shocking allegation, President Trump has accused Barack Obama of tapping the phones at his Trump Tower just prior to the election. The accusations were leveled in a series of early-morning tweets in which Trump called the ex-president a “bad (or sick) guy,” branded the alleged actions a “new low” and likened them to “Nixon/Watergate.”
Washington Post |
Russia is the slow burn of the Trump administration, and it's not going away
Washington Post Russia has become the slow burn of President Trump's administration. It is the issue that he and his team cannot get beyond. They cannot get beyond it because they are skittish about accepting what is already known. They cannot get beyond it because ... Trump flashes anger over Sessions recusal, Russia stories in tense Oval Office meetingABC News Untangling Trump and Russia: What we know -- and what we don'tCNN Trump fumes over Sessions' recusal from Russia probePolitico New York Times -PBS NewsHour -Quartz -Washington Post all 4,941 news articles » |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Trump flashes anger over Sessions recusal, Russia stories in tense Oval Office meeting
ABC News But once again, back to Russia," a senior White House official said, expressing the frustration simmering in the West Wing following the news earlier in the week that Sessions failed to disclose during his confirmation process that he had met with the ... The Trump administration's Russian fixation goes back a long wayThe Sydney Morning Herald US Attorney General Jeff Sessions steps aside from Russian election probeThe West Australian Jeff Sessions Has Recused Himself. But President Trump's Russia Problem Isn't Going AnywhereTIME Los Angeles Times -West Central Tribune -The Guardian all 4,936 news articles » |
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Deadline |
Russia Could Ban Disney's 'Beauty And The Beast' As “Gay Propaganda” – Report
Deadline The BBC is reporting that Russian officials could ban Disney's new live-action Beauty and the Beast under the country's anti-“gay propaganda” law. According to the BBC, Vitaly Milonov, an MP of the United Russia party, is urging Culture Minister ... Beauty and the Beast: Russia considers ban over 'gay moment'BBC News Russian politician wants to ban new Beauty and the Beast movieStuff.co.nz all 488 news articles » |
Newsday |
What attracts Donald Trump to Russian autocracy?
Newsday White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus looks on as President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House on January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Drew ... and more » |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
'This is McCarthyism!': Trump accuses Obama of 'wire-tapping' his office before election
The Guardian Trump also made efforts to defend Jeff Sessions, the US attorney general, who is facing questions over his meeting with the Russian ambassador to Washington during the 2016 presidential election campaign. He tweeted: “The first meeting Jeff ... as “a ... Donald Trump was a conspiracy-theory candidate. Now he's a conspiracy-theory president.The Sydney Morning Herald Donald Trump Claims Barack Obama Ordered Wire Tap On Trump Tower Before ElectionHuffington Post What to Make of Donald Trump's Early-Morning Wiretap TweetsThe New Yorker Washington Examiner -WIRED -The Daily Banter all 405 news articles » |
Politico |
Trump accuses Obama of 'wire tapping' Trump Tower phones
Politico President Donald Trump, under scrutiny for possible ties between his campaign and Russia and increasingly fixated with rooting out leaks, on Saturday morning sought to deflect attention by accusing former president Barack Obama of tapping his Trump ... Trump accuses Obama of 'wire-tapping' his office before electionThe Guardian Trump's New Russia Scandal Defense Is to Pose as the Victim of ObamaNew York Magazine President Trump Accuses Obama Of 'Wire Tapping,' Provides No EvidenceNPR Telegraph.co.uk -NBCNews.com -The Southland Times all 340 news articles » |
Reuters |
Trump alleges wiretapping by Obama during campaign, cites no evidence
Reuters Trump's administration has come under pressure from Federal Bureau of Investigation and congressional investigations into contacts between some members of his campaign team and Russian officials during his campaign. Obama imposed sanctions on ... Citing No Evidence, Trump Claims Obama Administration Wiretapped Trump TowerNBC Bay Area all 146 news articles » |
Christian Science Monitor |
Vladimir Putin: The Art of the Bluff
Huffington Post Any move to “legitimize” Russian actions in Ukraine would also be highly destabilizing to NATO and especially to its newest members in Eastern Europe. ... What the U.S. wants in the Middle East is the elimination of Islamic State (IS) and a strategy to ... Will the US and Russia dance or duel?Christian Science Monitor BREAKING NEWS: Boris Johnson will go to Moscow for talks with Russian counterpart 'in coming weeks'Daily Mail New Byzantium?The Nation UpNorth all 148 news articles » |
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Washington Post |
The ultimate guide to Donald Trump's Russia connections
Quartz US president Donald Trump continues to be dogged by concerns about his connections toRussia and suggestions that several of his advisers were in contact with the Kremlin during his election campaign. Alleged links between Russian officials and Trump ... Untangling Trump and Russia: What we know -- and what we don'tCNN Trump flashes anger over Sessions recusal, Russia stories in tense Oval Office meetingABC News Despite early denials, growing list of Trump camp contacts with Russians haunts White HouseWashington Post Telegraph.co.uk -Times of India -The Independent -Washington Post all 4,927 news articles » |
The Atlantic |
Can America's Spies Work With Russia's?
The Atlantic ... hopes for getting along with Russia before he can even try. Indeed, the current spy wars between American and Russian intelligence have a long history, and go a long way toward explaining why meaningful U.S.-Russia cooperation was unlikely to begin ... |
PoliticusUSA |
Republican Strategist Hit Trump With The Truth That FBI Has Warrant To Investigate Russia Ties
PoliticusUSA National Republican political strategist and media consultant Rick Wilson reminded PresidentTrump this morning that the wiretapping was hardly a secret, the FBI was granted a FISA warrant in October covering Trump's ties to Russia. |
New York Magazine |
Trump's New Russia Scandal Defense Is to Pose as the Victim of Obama
New York Magazine Before this morning, Trump's message on the Russia scandal has emphasized his innocence. He and his associates have done nothing wrong, and all the charges reflect baseless Democratic attempts to make excuses for Crooked Hillary's sad defeat. Obama spokesman: Trump's allegation of wiretapping during campaign 'simply false'Chicago Tribune Former Trump adviser blasts ex-Obama officials for playing politics with RussiaFox News Trump, without evidence, accuses Obama of wiretapping him; 'Simply false,' Obama spokesman saysUSA TODAY The New Yorker -Vox -PoliticusUSA -Breitbart News all 391 news articles » |
Reuters |
Trump Says Obama Wiretapped Him During Campaign
Fox Business In one of the Tweets, Trump said the alleged wiretapping took place in his Trump Tower office and apartment building in New York, but there was "nothing found." Trump's administration has come under pressure from Federal Bureau of Investigation and ... Trump says Obama wiretapped him during campaign; gives no evidenceReuters Citing no evidence, Trump accuses Obama of tapping his phones during the electionLos Angeles Times Sessions steps aside from Russia probe under pressureAlbany Times Union NBC Bay Area -Breitbart News all 338 news articles » |
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Mediaite |
'I Believe They Exist': Democratic Senator Says 'There Are Transcripts' Regarding Russia and Trump
Mediaite Speaking to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell following news of Attorney General Jeff Sessions recusing himself from any investigations into Trump's campaign, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) suggested that the intelligence community is in possession of transcripts of ... Sen. Coons: FBI may have transcripts showing 'collusion' between Trump campaign,RussiaWashington Times all 8 news articles » |
Newsweek |
Sessions' Recusal Complicates Trump-Russia Probes
Newsweek How that investigation will proceed inside the department quickly came under close scrutiny Friday by legal experts, particularly as reports spread that the Trump administration was rushing to purge agencies of holdovers from the Obama administration ... Under fire, Trump's attorney general removes himself from campaign probesReuters Can Trump's attorney general Jeff Sessions survive?BBC News Under fire, Sessions recuses himself from Trump campaign inquiriesThe Boston Globe The Hill (blog) -VICE News -Washington Post all 4,909 news articles » |
New York Daily News |
Trump indicates he might halt Russia deal amid tension over alleged ties to Moscow
New York Daily News WASHINGTON — Facing a new wave of questions about his ties to Russia, President DonaldTrump is telling advisers and allies that he may shelve — at least temporarily — his plan to pursue a deal with Moscow on the Islamic State group and other ... and more » |
Newsweek |
Quora Question: What if Trump Really is Tied to Russia?
Newsweek A mural depicting Donald Trump blowing smoke into the mouth of Vladimir Putin on the wall of a restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania on November 23. Sean Gallup/Getty. The second, better-known method is impeachment. For those of you confused by the process, ... and more » |
Washington Times |
Sen. Coons: FBI may have transcripts showing 'collusion' between Trump campaign, Russia
Washington Times Christopher Coons set the liberal Twitter world ablaze Friday night when he told MSNBC that the FBI has transcripts of intercepted calls that may spell out collusion between President Trump's campaign and top Russians, maybe even President Vladimir Putin. and more » |
LA Daily News |
Trump tweets Obama had his phones wiretapped; no proof cited
LA Daily News FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is accusing former President Barack Obama of havingTrump's telephones ''wire tapped'' during last year's election, but ... Obama spokesman says Trump's wiretapping allegation is falseWWBT NBC12 News 'Simply false': Obama spokesman rejects Trump wiretapping claimsUSA TODAY President Trump Accuses Obama Of 'Wire Tapping,' Provides No EvidenceWFSU Channel NewsAsia -Breitbart News -Washington Post -Heat Street all 322 news articles » |
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TooFab |
Bill Maher Summons Disgraced Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer to Take on Donald Trump (Video)
TooFab Bill Maher thinks it's high time that Democrats release the "liberal bad boys" on President Donald Trump in an effort to reign in his big ego. "New rule: if the new normal is a president who has bragged about sexual assault and walking in on naked ... |
Washington Times |
Top Obama adviser to Trump: 'No president can order a wiretap'
The Hill (blog) "No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you," Ben Rhodes tweeted Saturday morning. He also said "only a liar" could make the case, as Trump suggested, that Obama wire tapped Trump ... Trump blasts Obama for 'wiretap' of Trump Tower during campaignWashington Times Trump Says Obama Wiretapped Him During CampaignFox Business President Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping himKHOU.com Politico -Washington Examiner -The Australian Financial Review all 284 news articles » |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
Veteran prosecutor in line to oversee Russia probe
Honolulu Star-Advertiser That appointment was made by James Comey, who at the time was deputy attorney general and now is director of the FBI. “I think if the decision is made to bring someone in from the outside, ... do it and can't do it well,” said Weinstein, now a ... Sen. Coons Wants Sessions To Answer Senate Panel's Russian QuestionsWUWM When Jeff Sessions Feverishly Urged The Recusal Of An Attorney General On Fox NewsMedia Matters for America (blog) As Sessions Sidelines Himself, What's Next in Russia Inquiries?NBCNews.com Geo News, Pakistan -Washington Post all 4,936 news articles » |
Next in line to lead probe: Rosenstein
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) ... general and now is director of the FBI. "I think if the decision is made to bring someone in from the outside, it's not because the department can't do it and can't do it well," said Weinstein, now a Washington lawyer. "It's because in this ... and more » |
New York Times |
Trump, Offering No Evidence, Says Obama Tapped His Phones
New York Times In the fall, the F.B.I. examined computer data showing an odd stream of activity between a TrumpOrganization server and Alfa Bank, one of Russia's biggest banks, whose owners have longstanding ties to President Vladimir V. Putin. ... But since taking ... Trump's evidence-free wiretap claim follows rightwing Obama 'coup' storiesThe Guardian Trump says Obama tapped his phones during campaign, offers no evidenceTampabay.com (blog) Trump Accuses Obama of Tapping His Trump Tower Phones Before the Electionsnopes.com Los Angeles Times all 284 news articles » |
Newsweek |
Trump's evidence-free wiretap claim follows rightwing Obama 'coup' stories
The Guardian The president then compared the alleged surveillance of his communications to Watergate – the scandal in which a 1972 break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters led to revelation of crime and cover-up at the highest level of government and ... Trump falsely accuses Obama of wiretapping his phoneNews8000.com - WKBT Trump Accuses Obama of Tapping His Trump Tower Phones Before the Electionsnopes.com Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping his phoneWOWT The Boston Globe all 371 news articles » |
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CNN |
Trump falsely accuses Obama of wiretapping his phone
CNN The FBI has been investigating contacts between Trump campaign advisers and Russiansknown to US intelligence, and that court would likely be the forum to petition for such a warrant. The former senior US official with direct knowledge of the Justice ... Trump Accuses Obama of Tapping His Trump Tower Phones Before the Electionsnopes.com Trump's evidence-free wiretap claim follows rightwing Obama 'coup' storiesThe Guardian Trump says Obama ordered wiretap, but offers no evidenceThe Boston Globe Los Angeles Times all 324 news articles » |
Santa Rosa Press Democrat |
Obama spokesman says President Trump's wiretapping allegation is false
Santa Rosa Press Democrat PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former President Barack Obama of having Trump Tower telephones “wire tapped” during last year's election, a claim that an Obama spokesman said was false. Trump did not offer any ... and more » |
Washington Post |
Why Charles Schumer meeting Vladimir Putin doesn't give Trump & Co. a pass
Washington Post To hear President Trump tell it, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other Trump allies are under fire for committing no greater sin than sitting down with Russia's ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. “Just out,” Trump tweeted Saturday ... Schumer responds to Trump: I'll talk about my Putin meeting, will you?The Hill (blog) Trump Tweets Old Photo Of Schumer And Putin, Calls For ProbeNBCNews.com Krispy Kreme-lin: Trump and Schumer trade tweets over Putin doughnut photoThe Guardian CBS News -New York Daily News -Fox News Insider -Washington Post all 4,863 news articles » |
The Atlantic |
Trump's Unfounded Claims of a "Nixon/Watergate" Wiretapping Scheme
The Atlantic “They deliberately withhold that because they don't want the president to get involved in an ongoing investigation," said Clint Watts, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and aformer FBI special agent. ... that would mean the judge was ... Obama never tapped Trump's phones, US official saysKCRA Sacramento Obama spokesman says Trump's wiretapping allegation is falseThe Mercury News In an early-morning tweetstorm, Trump accuses Obama of tapping his phonesQuartz Breitbart News -Heat Street -Washington Post all 380 news articles » |
The Missoulian |
Trump wary of Russian deal; new advisers urge tougher stand
The Missoulian Trump, who spoke favorably about Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout the campaign, is said to have shown interest in a broad deal with Russia that could address cooperation in fighting the Islamic State, nuclear arms control agreements and ... and more » |
UPI.com |
FBI's Comey calls JCC bomb threats a 'top priority'
UPI.com Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the FBI's investigation into current Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a privet email ... and more » |
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Arab News |
Season of US-Russia deals, from Syria to Ukraine
Arab News A survey of views encountered at the Valdai Club in Moscow this week suggest that trade-offs are still possible and that the desire for a “grand bargain” is still there, with the theaters of bargaining extending from Europe to the Middle East. Yet no ... and more » |
March 4, 2017, 4:31 PM (IDT)
The Russian Special Operation Forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces played a key role in the Syrian army’s second liberation of Palmyra, according to Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, the chief of the Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate. He reported that 1,000 ISIS fighters were killed and wounded, 19 battle tanks, 37 armored vehicles and 98 pickups armed with heavy weapons were destroyed. DEBKAfile: What the Russian general omitted to mention was that the Russian special forces deployed in Tadmor were taken by surprise by ISIS in December 2016 and forced to retreat after the most disastrous defeat in the first Russian face to face with the jihadist group.
These same Russian units led the town’s recovery this week. Gen, Rudskoi added that they would now continue to advance eastward. They will target the large ISIS concentrations in Deir ez-Zour.
March 4, 2017, 4:41 PM (IDT)
Taking the offensive against Democratic allegations of his campaign collusion with Putin, President Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election. He compared this to McCarthyism.
A spokesman for Obama did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Trump’s associates have accused the Democrats of conducting a witch hunt against his presidency and cabinet members.
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Ten Questions for President Trump by Benjamin Wittes
This morning, the country awoke to a bizarre tweetstorm from the President of the United States, about which I have ten questions.
First off, here's what Trump tweeted:
Here are my questions, about all of which I am, I want to stress, entirely serious:
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- Are you making the allegation that President Obama conducted electronic surveillance of Trump Tower in your capacity as President of the United States based on intelligence or law enforcement information available to you in that capacity?
- If so—that is, if you have executive branch information validating that either a FISA wiretap or a Title III wiretap took place—have you reviewed the applications for the surveillance and have you or your lawyers concluded that they lack merit?
- If you know that a FISA wiretap took place, are you or were you at the time of the application, an agent of a foreign power within the meaning of FISA?
- Was anyone else working in Trump Tower an agent of a foreign power within the meaning of FISA?
- If you know that a Title III wiretap took place, are you or were you at the time of the application engaged in criminal activity that would support a Title III wiretap or might you have previously engaged in criminal activity that might legitimately be the subject of a Title III wiretap?
- Was anyone else working in Trump Tower engaged in criminal activity that would support a Title III wiretap or might another person have previously engaged in criminal activity that might legitimately be the subject of a Title III wiretap?
- If you were tweeting not based on knowledge received as chief executive of the United States, were you tweeting in your capacity as a reader of Breitbart or a listener of Mark Levin's radio show?
- If so, on what basis are you confident the stories and allegations in these august outlets are true and accurate vis a vis the activity of the government you, in fact, now head?
- If you learned of this alleged surveillance from media outlets, did you or anyone on your staff check with any responsible law enforcement or intelligence officials or agencies before making public allegations against your own government?
- What exactly does any of this have to do with Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Author's Note: This tweetstorm episode is an excellent illustration of some of the points Quinta Jurecic and I made yesterday in a lengthy article on the presidential oath of office. I commend it to you.
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With elections coming up this year in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and perhaps Italy, European intelligence services across the continent have been sounding the alarm about Russian attempts to influence the outcome through targeted disinformation and propaganda. But Finland has emerged unusually resistant to the wider information war waged by Moscow.
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Trump's evidence-free wiretap claim follows rightwing Obama 'coup' stories by David Smith in Washington
- Obama statement says accusations in tweet storm are ‘simply false’
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Without citing evidence, Donald Trump on Saturday accused Barack Obama of a Watergate-style “wire tapping” of his offices in New York before the US presidential election, a move critics dismissed as an attempt to deflect attention from investigations of his ties to Russia.
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March 4, 2017, 8:22 PM (IDT)
President Donald Trump's accusation that his predecessor ordered his phones to be tapped is "simply false", Barack Obama's spokesman Kevin Lewis said Saturday. "Neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen," he said.
Trump made his accusation in a series of tweets: "Terrible! Just found out Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!"
The president was taking the offensive against Democratic allegations of his campaign’s collusion with Putin, which he has flatly denied as unfounded. His associates have accused the opposition of conducting a witch hunt against the Trump presidency and cabinet members.
If the Feds Did Wiretap Trump Tower, It's Not Obama Who Should ...
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Obama denies Trump claim he wiretapped him during campaign
Reuters - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON A spokesman for Barack Obama on Saturday rejected claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that the then-president had wiretapped Trump in October during the late stages of the presidential election campaign, saying it was "simply false.".
Trump accuses Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower phones
Fox News - 3 hours ago
President Trump made a startling claim Saturday that former President Obama had Trump Tower phones tapped in the weeks before the November 2016 election. In early Saturday tweets that began at 6:35 a.m., the president said the alleged wiretapping was ...
Trump, Offering No Evidence, Says Obama Tapped His Phones
New York Times - 5 hours ago
President Donald Trump arriving on Friday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump on Saturday accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of having tapped his ...
Trump Relied on Breitbart News to Claim Obama Tapped His Phones
Bloomberg - 5 hours ago
Donald Trump relied on conservative media sources to make his explosive claim that former President Barack Obama had the then-candidate's phones tapped during the 2016 election campaign, according to a person familiar with the situation. A spokesman ...
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