Rep. Paul Ryan: No evidence wiretap occured

OBAMACARE IN A MOMENT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS MAJOR
BREAKING NEWS TODAY, THE WHITE
HOUSE REINFORCING THEMSELVES
SAYING THEY ARE STICKING WITH
THE PRESIDENT'S FOUR TWEETS
ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO ACCUSING
PRESIDENT OBAMA OF WIRETAPPING
TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK.
YOU SAID TODAY YOU DO NOT
BELIEVE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CLAIMS, THE TRUMP TOWER WAS
WIRETAPPED ON THE ORDERS OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE
PRESIDENT ON THIS, HOW CAN YOU
TRUST HIM ON OTHER ISSUES?
>> WHAT I SAID WAS I HAVE NOT
SEEN ANY EVIDENCE THAT THIS
OCCURRED BASED UPON THE
BRIEFINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU PROBABLY
HEARD FROM -- I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT
DEVIN NUNEZ AND ADAM SCHIFF
SAID, BUT I THINK THEY BASICALLY
SAID THE SAME THING.
I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S TWEETS.
I SAID I HAVEN'T SEEN EVIDENCE
THIS HAS OCCURRED.
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
HASN'T SEEN EVIDENCE THIS HAS
OCCURRED.
THEY HAVE AN INVESTIGATION GOING
ON ALL THINGS RUSSIA.
THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED THAT
INVESTIGATION SO WE'LL SEE AT
THE END OF THE DAY WHAT THAT
INVESTIGATION TURNS UP WITH
RESPECTS TO RUSSIA, THE CAMPAIGN
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
HERETOFORE, WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY
EVIDENCE.
THERE IS NOTHING NEW HERE.
I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS A FEW
DAYS.
>> BUT YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED BY
THE HIGHEST LAW ENFORCEMENT --
>> THAT'S THE POINT I'M MAKING.
>> YOU'RE ONE OF THE LEADERS OF
THAT SO-CALLED GANG OF 8.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOST SENSITIVE
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
YOU'VE RAISED THIS ISSUE WITH
ALL OF THEM AND THEY HAVE
PROVIDED YOU, YOU SAY, WITH NO
EVIDENCE AT ALL TO BACK UP WHAT
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED.
>> THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE
THAT THERE WAS A WIRETAP OR A
FISA COURT ORDER OR SOMEBODY IN
TRUMP TOWER.
>> SO, SHOULD THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, YOU BELIEVE,
APOLOGIZE TO FORMER PRESIDENT
OBAMA OBAMA AND APOLOGIZE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR MAKING SUCH
AN ASSERTION?
>> I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT TO HIM
TO MAKE HIS DECISIONS.
I THINK HE WAS RESPONDING TO
NEWS REPORTS AND TO SOME
ARTICLES THAT WERE OUT THERE.
FRANKLY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
THOSE ARTICLES UNTIL A HANDFUL
OF DAYS AGO.
THERE WERE ARTICLES BUZZING
AROUND NEWSPAPERS AND INTERNET
AND MAGAZINES SUGGESTING THIS.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT
HE'S RESPONDING TO.
>> BEFORE THE PRESIDENT MAKES AN
ACCUSATION LIKE THIS AGAINST HIS
PREDECESSOR, INSTEAD OF RELYING
ON NEWS REPORTS, HE SHOULD SPEAK
WITH OFFICIALS, SPEAK WITH THOSE
OFFICIALS WHO WOULD KNOW IF
THERE WAS A FISA WARRANT, WHO
WOULD KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY
WIRETAP THAT WAS ORDERED AGAINST
TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK CITY.
>> WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
ALL I CAN SAY IS I HAVE NOT SEEN
THE EVIDENCE.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THOSE PEOPLE
AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD.
I DON'T THINK HE HAD ACTUALLY
BEFORE THEN.
>> WELL, HE CLEARLY HASN'T
SPOKEN TO ANYONE AND HE GOT THAT
INFORMATION -- I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU HEARD SEAN SPICER, THE WHITE
HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY TODAY, BUT
HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS RELYING ON NEWS
REPORTS THAT WERE MAKING THESE
SUGGESTIONS.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND THEY'RE STILL NOT BACKING
AWAY FWR IT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP.
JUST TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS OUT
THERE, LET ME READ A COUPLE OF
THOSE TWEETS BECAUSE THEY'RE
PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS WHEN YOU HEAR
IT.
TERRIBLE, JUST FOUND OUT THAT
OBAMA HAD MY WIRES TAPPED AT
TRUMP TOWER JUST BEFORE THE
VICTORY.
NOTHING FOUND.
THIS IS McCARTHYISM.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, IS IT LEGAL
FOR A SITTING PRESIDENT TO BE
WIRETAPPING A RACE FOR PRESIDENT
PRIOR TO AN ELECTION?
TURNED DOWN BY A COURT ORDER.
A NEW LOW.
FEW MINUTES LATER, I 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.
AND THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER,
HOW LOW HAS PRESIDENT OBAMA GONE
TO TAP MY PHONES DURING THE VERY
SACRED ELECTION PROCESS?
THIS IS NIXON WATERGATE.
BAD, OR SICK GUY.
THOSE ARE PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS,
ALMOST TWO WEEKS LATER THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE TO BACK UP ANY OF
THAT.
SO, WHAT'S YOUR BOTTOM LINE
MESSAGE RIGHT NOW TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE?
>> MY BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I HAVE
SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF THIS
OCCURRED.
THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO ME FROM
LET'S SAY MEMBERS OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, PEOPLE
WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF SUCH
THINGS.
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IS
STUL STILL DOING AN
INVESTIGATION.
EVERYTHING DEALING WITH RUSSIA.
ALL OF THEIR ATTEMPTS TO MEDDLE
IN THE CAMPAIGN.
LOOK, THAT'S NOT A NEW STORY.
WE KNOW RUSSIA MEDDLED IN OUR
ELECTION, TRIED TO MEDDLE IN OUR
ELECTION.
THE QUESTION IS LET'S GO TO THE
BOTTOM OF IT, MAKE SURE WE CAN
STOP IT FROM EVER HAPPENING
AGAIN AND GIVE OUR ALLIES THE
TOOLS THEY NEED TO PREVENT
RUSSIA FROM DPOG SO.
THIS INVESTIGATION IS STILL
GOING THROUGH.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE JUST HAVE
TO WAIT AND SEE.
LET IT RUN ITS COURSE AND FIND
OUT EVERYTHING WE CAN POSSIBLY
KNOW ABOUT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED GET
FIXED.
>> BOTTOM LINE ALSO, THE FALSE
STATEMENTS LIKE THESE, LIKE
THESE FOUR TWEETS, DOES IT
DAMAGE THE PRESIDENT'S
CREDIBILITY HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD?
>> LOOK, I THINK -- I THINK THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE MARKED
AND JUDGED BY HIS RECORD.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE MARKED
AND JUDGED BY THE RESULTS WE
ACHIEVE.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS GOING
TO BE MARKED AND JUDGED AND
VIEWED AROUND THE WORLD BY
WHETHER WE REBUILD OUR MILITARY,
REGROW OUR ECONOMY, REPEAL AND
REPLACE THIS HEALTH CARE LAW
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SO DAMAGING
HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO
MATTER.
I MEET WITH PEOPLE FROM FOREIGN
COUNTRIES ALL THE TIME.
I MET WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF
IRELAND TODAY.
AND I THINK WHAT MATTERS IS
RESULTS, POLICIES, DO WE ACHIEVE
OUR GOALS.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MATTER AT
THE END OF THE DAY.
>> I'M GOING TO

Rep. Paul Ryan: No evidence wiretap occured

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