It's out of his hands to the point that the house and senate republicans will push the investigation of Obama officials like Susan Rice as long as house and senate democrats are pushing investigations of the Trump administration.
He seems to be doing a good job so far in working towards the prevention of any investigation whatsoever, in either direction.
Do you suppose that's because the evidence for the assertions of his mouthpieces isn't as solid as they might claim?
Again, they are already going after Susan Rice on this issue and they will continue to do so as long as democrats push the issue. If/when democrats back off, republicans will back off. Seriously are you haven't that much trouble following simple politics?
Is Susan Rice the deep state? Is she still in the government? What position will she be removed from?
Are they attacking her because there's something there to be investigated and pursued, or as yet another layer of smokescreen put up over a steady retreat from their original position - which was that there was no meaningful contact between the campaign and Russian officials - in an attempt to obscure and delay? Based upon their series of unsubstantial previous claims, I lean toward the second option. The fact that you proposed that this issue has only been raised at all because of Democratic claims indicates to me that you agree.
Is there something real to this? Were laws broken? Should violations be pursued? Then pursue the matter. To do otherwise, to make a lot of noise about it but back away from an actual investigation indicates that it's just partisan nonsense.
Beyond that, you aren't addressing my point whatsoever. Pointing fingers and playing party games does nothing to address the underlying issue, which is the power of the government as a whole and the executive branch specifically to conduct such surveillance.
Have you seen a warrant produced? No?
I guess there's never been warrants at all, ever, from the FISA court because I haven't seen them.
Do you genuinely believe that there is a chance that the collection itself was done in an illegal manner, but that the Trump administration has chosen not to use or disclose the evidence of this, which they now have in their possession? That seems to me to be grossly outside their normal behavior.
You don't need a warrant to spy on foreigners.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=6446679#post6446679
If your fake news is correct then Comey lied to congress and should be prosecuted.
With a FISA warrant targeting the Russian officials, their communications with (primarily) Americans are collected legally, Trump's allegation is incorrect, and Comey did not lie to Congress. Or we can make up other, less likely possibilities which do not bear out under a bit of critical thought.
LOL. Stupid circular reasoning that isn't worth spit. "They could only do this with a warrant, therefore they must have had a warrant." Well then PRODUCE THE DAMN WARRANT!
Do you know who does have the ability to produce - or not - the warrant? Trump. Himself.
He hasn't.
What does that indicate to you - the presence of lack of a warrant?
Absolute ridiculous "conclusion" from someone who is either incompetent or a democratic party hack or both.
Edit: Good grief Count. I just went back and re-read the exchange and I can't believe you are this stupid. I said nobody claimed there was a warrant. And your rebuttal is not an actually claim of an existence of a warrant but a stupid circular conclusion that a warrant must have existed because doing what the Obama administration did without a warrant would be illegal. Hello? Why take off the table that the Obama administration would do something illegal? You just jumped the shark in a big way.
The fact that critical thought is offending your delicate sensibilities is your problem, not mine.
