Trump now appears to be calling FBI director and NSA Director "Fake News" which is the mark of a Dictator but not the mark of a U.S. elected President. The question is will Trump and Bannon try to hide information by trying to get rid of the FBI and NSA now? If so these actions would be another act of a Dictator and not an elected U.S. president. So, if Trump moves as a criminal now we all will see him for what he really is.
WASHINGTON -- President Trump ignored yet another question about his baseless wiretap claim on Monday at a White House photo op.
But he couldn’t keep quiet on Twitter even before the House Intelligence Committee hearing into Russian election meddling began.
Mr.
Trump’s twitter account posted there was “no evidence” of Trump
campaign collusion with Russian operatives, calling the narrative “fake
news” that Democrats “made up” after they lost the election.
Then during the hearing, Mr. Trump highlighted testimony he
said indicated no evidence of Russian meddling influenced the “electoral
process.”
A short time later, ranking Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff read
the tweet to FBI Director James Comey who was testifying, along with
Adm. Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency.
“Is that accurate?” Schiff asked Comey.
“We offered no
opinion, have no view, have no information on potential impact because
it’s not something we looked at,” he said “It certainly wasn’t our
intention to say that today because we don’t have any information on
that subject. That’s not something that was looked at.”
The president also noted an exchange between Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy and Comey about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
FBI
Director James Comey, left, and National Security Agency Director
Michael Rogers, testify in front of the House Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence
AP
“Did you brief President Obama on any calls involving Michael Flynn?” Gowdy asked.
“I’m
not gonna get into either that particular case, that matter, or any
conversations I had with the president. So I can’t answer that,” Comey
responded.
Mr. Trump tweeted “FBI Director Comey refuses to deny he briefed President Obama on calls made by Michael Flynn to Russia.”
At the White House, Press Secretary Sean Spicer tried to downplay the role of Flynn and Paul Manafort, the second of three Trump campaign managers, both of whom were removed from positions for their connections to Russia.
“Gen. Flynn was a volunteer of the campaign, and then obviously
there’s been this discussion of Paul Manafort who played a very limited
role for a very limited amount of time,” Spicer said.
Spicer asserted that no evidence has been presented to suggest cooperation between Trump associates and Russian operatives.
“When
the people who have been briefed by the FBI about collusion between
individuals, the answer is -- continues to be ‘no,’ and at some point,
take no for an answer,” he said.
The White House still stubbornly clings to the president’s wiretap allegation even though there has also been no evidence to support that claim.
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