Bombshell: Trump Team Surveilled During Obama Admin, Says House Intel Chair
It turns out that President Trump’s transition team may have been surveilled after all.
Politico reports, “Members of the Donald Trump transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under surveillance during the Obama administration following November’s election, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes told reporters Wednesday.”
Rep. Nunes, R-Calif., said that “sources” informed him of possible surveillance that appears to have been legal and unrelated to the Trump-Russia collusion theories.
Politico’s Eric Geller provided more details from the Nunes press conference.
Whoa. At presser, Nunes just revealed IC collected info about Americans associated w/ the Trump transition team—separate from Russia probe.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Trump's communications were collected as part of the surveillance, Nunes says. Adds that it looks like incidental collection.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
"We won't know until we get the [details] on Friday," Nunes says. He's hoping to talk to FBI Director Comey today to learn more.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes: "I know there was incidental collection regarding the president-elect and his team." Doesn't know if surveillance was of phone calls.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes says most of this surveillance apparently happened in "November, December, and January" during transition.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes again says the surveillance he's discussing right now was completely separate from the Russia probe.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes: Surveillance collected "information on the P-E and his transition team and what they were doing." Again says appears to be legal.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes says this information was brought to him by "sources who thought that we should know it."
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes says there were "dozens" of these IC reports containing the surveillance product.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes says he's spoken to CIA Director Pompeo and NSA Director Rogers about this. Waiting to talk to Comey. He's going to WH after votes.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes says material collected was "significant information" about Trump and the transition team.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes: "It has nothing to do with any criminal investigation. This is normal incidental collection" based on what he saw.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes: "This appears to be all legally collected foreign intelligence under FISA." Says material was "widely disseminated."
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
As others including @amir_anasr noted, Nunes initially said Trump's comms were directly collected but has since walked it back.
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
"I'm actually alarmed by it," Nunes says when reporter says he seems not to be bothered (given his point that it was legal).
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Nunes on the White House: "They need to see it. If they don't have it, they need to see it."
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
Reporter asks if Nunes feels that the IC was spying on Trump/team.
Nunes: "It all depends on one's definition of spying."
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) March 22, 2017
The mainstream media initially dismissed their own reporting of Obama administration surveillance, and its “police-state tactics.”
Will we see an apology from the media elites for mockingly dismissing the questions Mark Levin has raised for weeks, as mere “conspiracy theories”? (For more from the author of “Bombshell: Trump Team Surveilled During Obama Admin, Says House Intel Chair” please click HERE)
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