{"id":67717,"date":"2017-03-06T08:39:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T12:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=67717"},"modified":"2017-03-06T08:39:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T12:39:35","slug":"trump-taunts-obama-after-denial-of-phone-tapping-who-was-it-who-secretly-said-to-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=67717","title":{"rendered":"Trump Taunts Obama After Denial Of Phone Tapping \u2013 \u201cWho was it who secretly said to Russian\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->BY KRISTIE MCDONALD<br \/>\neHeadlines<\/p>\n<p>President Trump reminded followers on Twitter of Barack Obama\u2019s 2012 hot-mic comment that he would be more flexible to negotiate with Russia after the election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, &quot;Tell Vladimir that after the election I&#39;ll have more flexibility?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@foxandfriends<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/838353481526312961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the ex-president denies the sensational phone tapping allegations.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/center>Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, \u201cTell Vladimir that after the election I\u2019ll have more flexibility?\u201d\u2018 said Trump, reminding his followers of a hot-mic comment President Obama was overheard in 2012 before his second term.<\/p>\n<p>Moments earlier, he accused the DNC of denying the FBI access to its server to investigate the Russian hack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is it true the DNC would not allow the FBI access to check server or other equipment after learning it was hacked? Can that be possible?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/838351476401520640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Is it true the DNC would not allow the FBI access to check server or other equipment after learning it was hacked? Can that be possible?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4283336\/Trump-taunts-Obama-early-morning-tweet.html\">Daily Mail<\/a> reports,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Obama\u2019s spokesman Kevin Lewis released a statement Saturday afternoon refuting Trump\u2019s wire-tapping claims.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44362\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/eheadlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kevinlewis.jpg?resize=634%2C402\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/eheadlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kevinlewis.jpg?w=634 634w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/eheadlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kevinlewis.jpg?resize=300%2C190 300w\" alt=\"kevinlewis\" width=\"579\" height=\"367\" data-attachment-id=\"44362\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/eheadlines.com\/trump-taunts-obama-after-denial-of-phone-tapping-who-was-it-who-secretly-said-to-russian\/kevinlewis\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/eheadlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kevinlewis.jpg?fit=634%2C402\" data-orig-size=\"634,402\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kevinlewis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/eheadlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kevinlewis.jpg?fit=300%2C190\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/eheadlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kevinlewis.jpg?fit=634%2C402\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,\u2019 Lewis wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s suggestion that the DNC denied the FBI access to its servers to investigate the hack goes against earlier claims the bureau simply didn\u2019t try hard enough to look in to it.<\/p>\n<p>In his first interview since the election last month, Clinton campaign manager John Podesta said agents barely tried to warn them of the dangers but were overzealous in their probe of her inappropriate email use.<\/p>\n<p>Podesta said their lackluster approach to the hack and subsequent enthusiasm for a Clinton investigation was proof the FBI wanted her to lose.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama administration\u2019s statement on Saturday which denied tapping Trump\u2019s phones didn\u2019t rule out that another federal agency might have been ordered the surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The accusations began when <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eheadlines.com\/trump-livid-terrible-just-found-out-that-obama-had-my-wires-tapped-mccarthyism\/\">Trump tweeted sensationally<\/a><\/strong> on Saturday morning: \u2018Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my \u2018wires tapped\u2019 in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eheadlines.com\/trump-taunts-obama-after-denial-of-phone-tapping-who-was-it-who-secretly-said-to-russian\/\">http:\/\/eheadlines.com\/trump-taunts-obama-after-denial-of-phone-tapping-who-was-it-who-secretly-said-to-russian\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}