Justice Dept. delivers documents on wiretap claim to Congress

[Miles Archer]

Source: Reuters

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it delivered documents to congressional committees responding to their request for information that could shed light on President Donald Trump's claims that former President Barack Obama ordered U.S. agencies to spy on him.

The information was sent to the House and Senate intelligence and judiciary committees, said Sarah Isgur Flores, a Justice Department spokeswoman.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Republican Devin Nunes, said in a statement late on Friday that the Justice Department had "fully complied" with the panel's request.

Another government source, who also requested anonymity when discussing sensitive information, said an initial examination of the material turned over by the Justice Department indicates that it contains no evidence to confirm Trump's claims that the Obama administration had wiretapped him or the Trump Tower in New York.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wiretap-idUSKBN16O2J2

[Hugin]

1. Okay, so the now fully Trumpanized DoJ is trying to turn the wiretap BS into a he-said-she-said.

More stacks of blank paper...

[Kimchijeon]

5. I know that was my first thought seeing this-

Stacks of blank paper!

[LiberalFighter]

2. How does one turn over documents proving something that didn't happen?

Do they now log into their system everything they don't do anymore?

[WheelWalker]

3. You do an Affidavit of Due Diligence-Not Found, as with unsuccessful service of process...

State what efforts you used to find the requested evidence, state where you looked, and state the efforts uncovered no responsive evidence. The affidavit made under oath or declaration on penalty of perjury.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[mzteaze]

6. So..

This report obviously must refute 45's claims, otherwise, why deliver late on Friday night with relative quiet? If it supported his claims, we all know they would have released it just in time for primetime news coverage.

[mdbl]

7. I am really suprised that Sessions didn't just make some shit up

that never happened just to support is new boss. That seems to be the repuglican way of doing things.