James Comey turns on Trump: FBI director ‘asks the Justice Department to publicly REJECT Trump’s claim Obama wire-tapped Trump Tower’ as the President returns to DC amid growing scandal
James Comey asked the Justice Department to reject Trump’s claims
The FBI director said the allegations insinuate that the FBI broke the law
Comey has called Trump’s accusations false and said they need to be corrected
Sean Spicer said Trump has requested an investigation into ‘troubling’ reports
The president tweeted that Obama had been spying on him in October
But Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis, said those claims were ‘simply false’
By KAREN RUIZ
DAILYMAIL.COM
5 March 2017
FBI Director James Comey sensationally asked the Justice Department to publicly deny President Trump’s claims Barack Obama tapped his phones before the election, senior officials have claimed.
According to the New York Times, Comey essentially wanted to challenge the truthfulness of the sitting president, causing an unprecedented schism between the Oval Office and the nation’s top law enforcement official.
Comey said the incendiary charges the president made on Twitter are completely false and must be challenged, but so far the DOJ has ignored him.
He feels the president has insinuated the FBI broke the law with an illegal wire tap, however Trump made no specific reference to the FBI in his Twitter tirade on Saturday morning.
This latest overt political intervention by Comey essentially pits him against Trump and reveals the real political danger the president has let loose by accusing the Obama of trying to undermine his administration and providing no evidence.
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