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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: locogringo who wrote (1004107)3/5/2017 7:40:42 PM
From: Heywood40  Read Replies (1) of 1573829
 
Is Fox turning into a real news-reporting organization?

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President Donald Trump's allegation on Twitter that former President Barack Obama ordered wiretaps of his phones during the election caught senior federal law enforcement officials completely off-guard, sources close to the matter have told Fox News.

Those sources said that the officials in question had no idea what Trump was talking about when the president made the allegation on social media Saturday morning.

Trump's charge also left many in the White House and Justice Department confused and scrambling over the weekend to find any kind of factual backup for the president's accusations.

Also Sunday, the New York Times reported that FBI Director James Comey asked the Justice Department to publicly reject Trump's assertion. According to the Times, Comey argued that Trump's claim falsely implied that the FBI had broken the law. The Justice Department had not issued any such statement as of Sunday evening.

Trump used a similar approach with his unsupported claims of massive voter fraud that he said caused him to lose the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton. He eventually said he wanted to launch a "major" investigation to find the 3 million to 5 million votes he claims were cast illegally. Congressional leaders were cool to the idea — a costly and time-consuming effort.

Fox News' Matt Dean and Serafin Gomez contributed to this report. The Associated Press also contributed to this report.
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