Trump Claims Carter Page Docs Prove ‘Witch Hunt Rigged’
ALTERNATIVE FACTS
Even some Republican lawmakers say the newly released documents show just the opposite.
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President Trump on Sunday claimed newly released surveillance documents detailing the FBI’s suspicions of his former campaign adviser, Carter Page, “confirm with little doubt” that the agency “misled the courts” in obtaining a warrant to wiretap him. The documents, released late Saturday by The New York Times and other news organizations revealed that the FBI sought to wiretap Page because they believed he was the “subject of targeted recruitment by the Russian government.” While Trump apparently took that finding as proof of what he described as a “Witch Hunt Rigged” and “a Scam” on Twitter, they contradict how the large majority of observers interpret the facts. Even some Republican lawmakers saw the FISA documents as evidence the FBI did nothing wrong in wiretapping Page. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday told CNN the documents prove that the FBI had every reason to look into Page. “I don’t believe that them looking into Carter Page means they were spying on the campaign,” he said.
Congratulations to @JudicialWatch and @TomFitton on being successful in getting the Carter Page FISA documents. As usual they are ridiculously heavily redacted but confirm with little doubt that the Department of “Justice” and FBI misled the courts. Witch Hunt Rigged, a Scam!
Looking more & more like the Trump Campaign for President was illegally being spied upon (surveillance) for the political gain of Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC. Ask her how that worked out - she did better with Crazy Bernie. Republicans must get tough now. An illegal Scam!
