Who is Andrew Napolitano, legal analyst who first claimed GCHQ was asked to wiretap Trump Towers?
He is a lying SOB.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/17/andrew-napolitano-legal-analyst-first-claimed-gchq-asked-wiretap/
Who is Andrew Napolitano, legal analyst who first claimed GCHQ was asked to wiretap Trump Towers?
17 March 2017 • 11:18am
GCHQ, the British intelligence agency, has furiously denied the White House's claims that Barack Obama may have asked UK spies to help wiretap Trump Towers.
The furore began when Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, made the astonishing allegation during a press conference on Thursday, where he cited a Fox News legal analyst as his source.
That analyst is Andrew Napolitano - or, as Fox News refers to him, "Judge Nap."
Watch | Spicer: GCHQ may have helped Obama spy on Trump
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Who is Andrew Napolitano?
The 66-year-old is a former New Jersey Superior Court who became a media commentator after hanging up his robes.
He most frequently appears on Fox and Friends, but also discusses current affairs on the O'Reilly Factor, Fox Busness Network and the Kelly File.
A pro-life libertarian, he is also the host of a right-wing talk radio programme, Freedom Watch.
What did he claim?
On March 14, Fox & Friends invited Mr Napolitano onto the show to discuss claims that Barack Obama had ordered a wiretap on Donad Trump's campaign headquarters.
These allegations are fiercely disputed. At no point has the Trump administration ever brought forward any evidence to support their claims. A spokesman for Barack Obama has also flatly denied them.
During this programme, Mr Napolitano said that if Mr Obama spied on Trump Towers, there may not be any evidence to prove it.
He went on to say that when a president orders a surveillance operation, it will usually leave a paper trial of some form.
He then claimed that in Mr Obama's case, he may have gone to a British intelligence agency to seek external help, so as not to leave any evidence that a wiretap took place.
"Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command," he said. "He didn't use the NSA, he didn't use the CIA, he didn't use the FBI, and he didn't use the Department of Justice."
How does he know this?.................
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