White House Standing By Claim Of Wiretapping By Obama Administration

THIS IS "KCAL 9 NEWS" AT 9.
LEYNA:
NGUYEN.
JEFF: THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M
JEFF VAUGHN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WIRETAPPING
CLAIMS EXPLODED IN WASHINGTON.
LEYNA: THE TWO SENATORS IN
CHARGE OF INTELLIGENCE SAY THEY
DON'T BELIEVE MR. THOMPSON THE
HOUSE SPEAKER SAID THERE'S NO
EVIDENCE.
JEFF: PRESS SECRETARY SEAN
SPICER WEIGHED IN AND THEN THE
FIREWORKS WENT OFF.
POLITICAL REPORTER DAVE BRAND
CHOICES WITH THE STORY.
REPORTER: THE PRESS SECRETARY
WAS FIRED UP.
HE WAS REALLY ENGAGING WITH
REPORTERS IN THE ROOM.
THE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY WAS ON
THE WARPATH TODAY TURNING THE
DAILY BRIEFING INTO MUST-SEE TV
ATTACKING REPORTERS FOR THEIR
STORIES ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CHARGE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
WIRETAPPED HIS PHONE FOR WHICH
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE IN WHICH
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PRESS
SECRETARY ARE NOW INSISTING
WASN'T WIRETAPPING THAT
SURVEILLANCE.
HERE'S HOW IT WENT.
I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT
YOU SOMEHOW BELIEVE -- REPORT
FOR A DAY WHEN THE DAILY WHITE
HOUSE BRIEFING WAS FILLED WITH
DRAMA AND CONFRONTATIONS OVER
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STILL UNPROVEN
WIRETAPPING CHARGE THERE WAS
PLENTY OF SIZZLE BUT NOT MANY
ANSWERS.
THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED
PRESIDENT TRUMP STANCE BY THE
CHARTS OF FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA
WIRETAPPED HIS TRUMP PHONE
DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN BUT THE
TWO TOP MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE RELEASED
A STATEMENT SAYING BASED ON
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US WE
SEE NO INDICATIONS THAT TRUMP
TOWER WAS THE SUBJECT OF
SURVEILLANCE BY ANY ELEMENT OF
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
ON WEDNESDAY HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL
RYAN AGREED.
AND THE RANKING DEMOCRAT ON THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
SAID THIS ABOUT THE TRUMP
WIRETAP CHARGE.
IT'S COMPLETE NONSENSE.
REPORTER: THAT'S A SET THE TABLE
FOR THE HEATED QUESTION AND
ANSWER SESSION AT THE THURSDAY
WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING.
HE STANDS BY IT BUT YOU ARE
MISCHARACTERIZING WHAT HAPPENED.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
IT'S INTERESTING AT THE SAME
TIME WHERE WERE YOU COMING TO
THE DEFENSE OF THE SAME
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WHEN USED
SAID THERE WAS NO CONNECTION TO
RUSSIA.
HOLD ON YOU WANT TO COMMENT AND
PERPETUATE A FALSE NARRATIVE.
REPORTER: CBS NEWS REPORTS A
PRESIDENT HAS ASKED FOR NO
EVIDENCE IN THE FBI OR THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES AND IS
NOT DIRECTED THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE ANY
EVIDENCE TO CONGRESS BUT HE TOLD
"FOX NEWS" HIS ALLEGATION WAS
BASED ON NEWS REPORTS.
I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT
THINGS.
I THINK IT WAS JANUARY 20 IN NEW
YORK "TIMES" ARTICLE WHERE THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT WIRETAPPING.
REPORT.
REPORTER: "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
DID HAVE AN ARTICLE HEADLINED
BUT THE ARTICLE DOES NOT SAY
TRUMP TOWER OR ANYONE AND IT HAD
THEIR WIRETAPPED OR WAS UNDER
SURVEILLANCE.
IN THE FOX INTERVIEW PRESIDENT
TRUMP ALSO REVEALED SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT HIS
PREDECESSOR WHO WE OFTEN BLAMES
WHEN THINGS GO BAD, INFORMATION
IS CBS NEWS REPORTS MAY HAVE
BEEN CLASSIFIED.
I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
THE CIA WAS HACKED AT A LOT OF
THINGS TAKEN DURING THE OBAMA
YEARS.
REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT MAY HAVE
BEEN REFERRING TO THE RECENT
DISCLOSURE OF HACKS
DOCUMENTS FROM THE CIA
THE BURBANK CONGRESSMAN ADAM
SCHIFF IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PRESENCE REMARKS.
AT THIS ONE OFFHAND COMMENT
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE FORM OF
A DIG AT HIS PREDECESSOR THAT'S
NOT HOW YOU WANT TO DECLASSIFY
INFORMATION.
REPORTER: BACK AT THE WHITE
HOUSE BRIEFING THE CONFRONTATION
BETWEEN THE PRESS SECRETARY AND
SOME REPORTERS OVER THEIR WORK
ON THE WIRETAPPING CHARGE WAS
STILL PRETTY HEATED.
THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED AT SEAN.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN LOOKED AT.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW YOU KNOW
THAT ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED
AT?
YOU ARE ASKING ME WHETHER OR
NOT.
HE'S SAID QUOTE ALL OF THIS
HAS BEEN LOOKED AT.
REPORTER: THAT'S HOW WENT TO THE
WHITE HOUSE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
BELIEVES THERE WAS SURVEILLANCE
AND THERE WILL BE EVIDENCE THEY
SAY PRESENTED IN A TIMELY
FASHION TO PROVE IT IS SO FAR NO
ONE WHO HAS SPOKEN ON THE
SUBJECT IS CONFIRMING THAT AND
TIME IS RUNNING OUT AS THEY SAY
TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
LEYNA: DAVIS HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR WEEKS DRAGGING ON NOT REALLY
MUCH HAS CHANGED.
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?
REPORTER: IT'S COMING SOON.
NEXT WEEK EITHER DEFINING MOMENT
ON THIS BECAUSE ON MONDAY FBI
DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY IS
SCHEDULED TO PUBLICLY TESTIFY ON
THE WIRETAPPING ALLEGATION AND
THERE WERE REPORTS SOON AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE THE CHARGE
THAT COMEY HAD ASKED THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE
THERE WAS NO SUCH WIRETAPPING.
NOW THAT THE CHARGE SEEMS TO BE
CHANGING TO SURVEILLANCE THAT
COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT THE
SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
LEADER STATEMENT AND DECLARE

White House Standing By Claim Of Wiretapping By Obama Administration

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