You will be happy to learn that there is no evidence that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. You will be less happy to learn that the DOJ actually investigated this.

Courtesy of the Washington Examiner: 

The Department of Justice has acknowledged in a court filing no evidence of any wiretaps on Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign, directly contradicting a claim President Trump made in March. 

The Justice Department filed a motion Friday evening acknowledging that it didn't have any evidence to back up the president's assertion. 

The motion was filed in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit from the transparency group American Oversight. It found that neither the National Security Division or the FBI had any records of wiretapping that President Trump alleged. 

"The FBI and Department of Justice have now sided with former [FBI Director James] Comey and confirmed in writing that President Trump lied when he tweeted that former President Obama ‘wiretapped' him at Trump Tower," the group said.

So yes, that means when Trump tweeted this he was full of shit.

I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

But I think the vast majority of up already knew that, didn't we?

If you are stunned that the Department of Justice spent any time investigating this, you will undoubtedly be equally stunned at this next story.

The woman who laughed at Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing will be put on trial AGAIN pic.twitter.com/2nzR3Fjtyv

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 2, 2017

Courtesy of CNN: 

The Department of Justice will retry a woman whom prosecutors say disrupted Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing for attorney general by laughing. 

After rejecting a plea deal, Desiree Fairooz will again face charges of unlawful conduct for disrupting Sessions' hearing in January. 

According to court records, Fairooz rejected a deal offered by prosecutors that would have required her to plead guilty in exchange for a recommended sentence of time served.

Fairooz was detained after audibly laughing after Sen. Richard Shelby told senators at Sessions' confirmation hearing that the then-Alabama senator had a record of "treating all Americans equally under the law."

You know my question is not why did this woman respond to that ridiculous statement with laughter, it is how did everybody else in that hearing resist doing the same?

So this is our Department of Justice under Jeff Sessions.

Investigating imaginary wiretaps and prosecuting people who dare laugh at him.

Donald Trump bizarrely triples down on his claim of being wiretapped by the past administration before then blaming any inaccuracies on Fox News.

President Trump repeats wiretapping claim while standing beside Angela Merkel https://t.co/c3KlcjT5rI pic.twitter.com/3wVi15dANM

— TIME (@TIME) March 17, 2017

Wait, so he claims that both he and Angela Merkel were wiretapped by President Obama, right before he throws Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano under the bus as the source who suggested that the Brits did it?

The man is clearly insane!

Well at least at the end of this press conference he deigned to shake Chancellor Merkel's hand after refusing to do so earlier in the day. I wonder if Obamacare covers almost dying from embarrassment.

Better find out before it gets repealed. 

House Committee Chairman, a Republican, says that there is no evidence that Obama wiretapped Donald Trump. James Comey called to testify next week. Update!

Courtesy of CNN: 

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Wednesday that neither he nor the ranking Democrat on the committee have seen any evidence that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped Donald Trump last year, and want the Justice Department to respond to their requests for information by March 20. 

"We don't have any evidence that that took place and in fact I don't believe -- just in the last week of time, the people we've talked to -- I don't think there was an actual tap of Trump Tower," Nunes said at a news conference, in reference to the baseless claim originally made by Trump several weeks ago.

Rep. Nunes: If you’re going to take Trump’s tweets literally on wiretapping, then “clearly the President was wrong” https://t.co/aVdo8qR3vS

— CNN (@CNN) March 15, 2017

"Clearly the president was wrong." Yeah, no shit Sherlock!

Just like we all knew, Donald Trump accused President Obama of illegally tapping his phones with no supporting evidence whatsoever.

He fucking lied, and now everybody is going to know it.

James Comey for his part was supposed to spill the beans today, but apparently didn't.

Sheldon Whitehouse says COMEY failed to meet agreed upon deadline to confirm existence of FBI inquiry into Russia/Trump by this afternoon

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 15, 2017

That lack of cooperation frustrated Senator Lindsey Graham who said this:

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Wednesday that he'll move to subpoena any documents tied to President Trump's claim that he was wiretapped during the campaign if he doesn't hear back from FBI Director James Comey later in the day. 

"He hasn't answered that letter. If he doesn't answer it today, I'm going to go to the chairman of the [Judiciary] Committee, Sen. [Chuck] Grassley [R-Iowa], and seek his support to subpoena," Graham said during a Fox News radio interview. 

This was also included in that CNN report at the top:

FBI Director James Comey will testify at their March 20 hearing and that there will be a second hearing in the committee March 28.

THAT will put Comey in the hot seat and he will not be able to avoid answering questions under oath about any FBI investigations into Donald Trump or his associates.

Yeah I think THIS might be part of the reason why Trump leaked those tax returns yesterday.

This and the fact that the new GOP bill is taking healthcare away from 24 million Americans.

Oh and did I mention that the investigation into his ties with Russia is still ongoing?

Yep, the noose is just getting tighter.

Update: Unbelievably Donald Trump just doubled down again:


President Trump on Wednesday defended his unsubstantiated claim that former president Barack Obama ordered surveillance on his phones at Trump Tower in New York during last fall's campaign. 

Trump again offered no evidence to support his wiretapping accusation, but he maintained in an interview with Fox News Channel that information would soon be revealed that could prove him right. 

“Wiretap covers a lot of different things,” Trump said. “I think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks.” 

I swear this guy is completely incapable of every admitting that he made a mistake.

Shovelful after shovelful she just keeps digging himself in deeper.  

Senator Jeanne Shaheen introduces bill to give Justice Department more power to investigate Russia language news outlet.

Courtesy of Politico:  

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is introducing a bill that would give the Justice Department additional authority to investigate Russia's english-language news outlet RT America for possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. 

The bill, called the Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act, would increase the Department of Justice’s power to compel organizations to produce information about their foreign connections and the sources of their funding. 

Shaheen, a Democrat, said that the bill comes in response to a report from the Director of National Intelligence about Russian influence in the 2016 election, part of which examined RT America. That report stated that RT News was skirting disclosure requirements by using a nonprofit structure, and that RT's programming intended to advance stories that benefited Russian interests. 

“We have good reason to believe that RT News is coordinating with the Russian government to spread misinformation and undermine our democratic process,” Shaheen said in a statement. “The American public has a right to know if this is the case.”

I think this is a great idea, however I would have more confidence that it could make a difference if the DOJ was not currently under the control of Donald Trump's new Attorney General, and Keebler Elf, Jeff Sessions.

Somehow I get the idea that Sessions has NO intention of investigating any Russian language news outlets that might have had a hand in helping his boss win the presidency.

Besides currently the DOJ is up to it's ass crack in work trying to locate evidence that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower.

Courtesy of CNN: 

The Department of Justice asked the chairman and vice chairman of the House Intelligence Committee for "additional time" to collect evidence to support President Donald Trump's accusation that the Obama administration wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower during the campaign.

Yes how could the Feds have any time left to investigate the undermining of our democracy when they are so busy going on Trump inspired wild goose chases.