Senate Intel Chair: I Got 'Sufficient' Answers On Trump Wiretap Claim

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published MARCH 14, 2017, 8:12 AM EDT

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Monday said that he received a "sufficient" response from the Trump administration about President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that he was wiretapped by President Barack Obama.

"I've talked to all the appropriate people," he told CNN. "I would say from our conversations, what we've gotten are sufficient answers." Burr would not say whether there is evidence to back up Trump's claim, per CNN.

Burr's comments came the same day that the Justice Department told the House Intelligence Committee that the department needed more time to respond to the committee's request about Trump's claim. A spokeswoman for the department said that they needed more time to "review the request in compliance with the governing legal authorities and to determine what if any responsive documents may exist."

A spokesman for House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA), Jack Langer, suggested in a statement that the committee may subpoena the Justice Department if they do not receive a timely response about Trump's claim.

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[beachbum bob]

1. doublespeak....no answer

[cstanleytech]

3. Well yes but what it really means is he now knows for certain that no wiretapping ever

took place like Trump claimed but he isn't willing to commit political seppeku and say that Trump is a fucking idiot for making a baseless claim before confirming it.
Now what I hope is that President Obama files suit for libel as that will force Trump to retract it publicly and it would damage the Repugnants even more imo.

[Javaman]

2. no answer and scrambling to come up with a another way to phrase...

that tRump is full of shit.

[Nitram]

4. Pure, unadulterated Bullshit.

[mobeau69]

5. Where did America go?

WTF happened to us? We, as a people, are going to stand for this from the president? Falsely accusing a former president of criminal activity? It is sickening.

[Submariner]

6. On 11/22/63 the country took a nose dive into the shitter

followed by MLK and RFK soon thereafter.

When you can't get the Liberal mind to agree with you, you kill it.