Trump was right again: House Intelligence Chair admits transition team surveillance during Obama administration

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:52 UTC

President Trump staff names were attached to the collected intelligence data, which could be a violation of law.

It appears President Trump was right, again...he was "wiretapped" by the Obama deep state.

House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes told reporters outside the White house...

"I have confirmed that on numerous occasions the intelligence community incidentally collected information about US citizens involved in the Trump transition."

Nunes noted...

"None of this surveillance was related to Russia, or the investigation of Russian activities, or of the Trump team."

According to Nunes, the surveillance data was gathered during November, December and January...

"I have seen intelligence reports that clearly show the president elect and his team were at least monitored and disseminated in what appears to be intelligence reporting channels."

Remember when on March 4, President Trump took to twitter to accuse the Obama White House of having his Trump Tower headquarters' "wiretapped" prior to the 2016 presidential election. Trump called the wiretap a "new low."

The mainstream media was quick to denounce and condemn Trump's tweet and accusation of the holy Barack, but as with the "Sweden" incident, Trump proved the "fake news" establishment media wrong once again.

Zerohedge reports on the BOMBSHELL news that has the liberal crying and the Trump team saying, 'we told you so.'

Two days after FBI director Comey shot down Trump's allegation that Trump was being wiretapped by president Obama before the election, it appears that president Trump may have been on to something because moments ago Politico reported that according to the House Intelligence Chairman, Devin Nunes, "members of the Donald Trump transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under surveillance during the Obama administration following November's election", he told reporters on Wednesday.

As AP confirms, Nunes said that President Donald Trump's communications may have been "monitored" during the transition period as part of an "incidental collection."

Nunes told a news conference Wednesday that the communications appear to be picked up through "incidental collection" and do not appear to be related to the ongoing FBI investigation into Trump associates' contacts with Russia. He says he believes the intelligence collections were done legally, although in light of the dramatic change in the plotline it may be prudent to reserve judgment on how "incidental" it was.

Nunes says the communications of Trump associates were also picked up, but he did not name those associates. He says the monitoring mostly occurred in November, December and January. He added that he learned of the collection through "sources" but did not specify those source

Politico adds that Nunes is going to the White House later Wednesday to brief the Trump administration on what he has learned, which he said came from "sources."

Comment: Trump wiretap is the real election scandal - Russian hack is the cover-up

What we now learn is that the Obama administration, of which Hillary Clinton was once a part, used the US's federal security and intelligence agencies during the election to spy on Hillary Clinton's opponent, Donald Trump, and on his campaign. They did so despite the fact that no evidence existed or has ever come to light of any wrongdoing by Donald Trump or by anyone else working on his behalf or for his campaign such as would normally justify surveillance.

This is the true scandal of the US Presidential election of 2016. By contrast the various claims of Russian interference in the election are unproven and threadbare and almost certainly wrong, whilst the claims of illicit contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia are undoubtedly false and wrong.

Update: Or, as Bloomberg puts it, " Republican Nunes Tries to Give Trump Cover on Wiretap Claim". Hmm. Anything but, "Nunes Proves Trump Was Right About Wiretap Claim". According to Nunes, the FBI isn't cooperating:

"We don't actually know yet officially what happened to General Flynn," Nunes said of how communications from Gen. Flynn's calls were leaked to the press. "We just know that his name leaked out but we don't know how it was picked up yet. That was one of the things that we asked for in the March 15th letter, was for the NSA, CIA, and FBI to get us all the unmasking that was done."

"And I'll tell you, NSA is being cooperative," Nunes continued, "but so far the FBI has not told us whether or not they're going to respond to our March 15th letter, which is now a couple of weeks old."

Now, there's one obvious conclusion to draw from all of this: Nunes is a Russian agent. So it's no surprise that top Democrats are now calling for him to be investigated:

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Thursday called for an investigation into House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who bypassed the panel to brief President Trump on information related to U.S. surveillance of his transition team.

During an interview on CNN's "New Day," Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, called the Intelligence panel a "very special committee."

"They are privileged to information that most members of Congress may never see and so you expect them to be extremely confidential," he added.

"What he did was basically to go to the president, who's being investigated, by the FBI and others and by the intelligence committee, to give them information."

How dare he.

Pelosi went further, calling Nunes a "stooge of the president". (She forgot to say Putin.)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hammered the Republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee on Thursday, saying Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) is simply a "stooge" for President Trump who can't be trusted to lead an unbiased investigation into ties between Russia and the White House.

Pelosi said Nunes "acted outside the circle of respect" for his responsibility as Intelligence chairman when he went Wednesday to the press and the president with new information surrounding the panel's probe into Russian hacking of the 2016 election and possible surveillance of Trump's team — without telling the other members of the committee.

"By being a stooge of the president of the United States," Pelosi charged, "he has demonstrated very clearly that there is no way there can be an impartial investigation under his leadership on that committee."

Pelosi, who has called for months for an outside independent investigation of the Russian hacking and influence campaign, said Nunes's actions only accentuate the need for Congress to create such a panel.

"Chairman Nunes is deeply compromised, and he cannot possibly lead an honest investigation," she charged.