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A US congressman has given a withering response to Donald Trump's claims that Barack Obama had his offices in New York "wiretapped".
Ted Lieu, the member of the House of Representatives from California's 33rd district, called the President "paranoid like Nixon".
The Democrat also suggested that he was "in trouble" and that danger was posed by Mr Trump.
Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, slammed President Trump on Saturday over his allegation that former President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower before the election.
"If there is something bad or sick going on, it is the willingness of the nation's chief executive to make the most outlandish and destructive claims without providing a scintilla of evidence to support them," Schiff said in a statement on Saturday.
President Trump ratcheted up his attacks on his predecessor Saturday, with his allegation that Barack Obama ordered surveillance of the real estate mogul before the November election sparking confusion and backlash.
Democrats slammed Trump for making the accusations without offering evidence, characterizing his early morning rant as an effort to distract from renewed scrutiny of his aides and allies' alleged ties to Russia.
Donald Trump's unreadiness to be president was dramatically highlighted this morning when he went off on a tweetstorm accusing President Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower.
In an apparent bid to deflect attention from the mounting controversy over whether his administration has ties to Russia, the commander-in-chief deployed his favorite weapon in the early hours of Saturday morning: dropping a Twitter bomb on the world that accuses President Obama of a conspiracy on the scale of Watergate.
Democrats are pushing back on President Trump's Saturday morning claims that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower offices before the election.
While at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida for the weekend, Mr. Trump fired off a series of early morning tweets accusing President Obama, without citing evidence, of wiretapping Trump Tower. He described this as "Nixon/Watergate," calling Mr. Obama a "bad (or sick) guy."
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) continues to give zero fucks about calling out our Commander-in-Thief on his bullshit. Most recently, the human equivalent of the ear wax buried so deep in your ear you can't remove it Trump sent out a series of tweets accusing then-President Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower ahead of the elections with no evidence–an extremely serious charge.
On Thursday afternoon, Attorney General Jeff Sessions held a press conference to announce that he was recusing himself from any possible investigations into connections between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia. It was a dissembling performance that demonstrated why his recusal is not enough.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: CONGRESSMAN LIEU TO HOST CONSTITUENT UPDATE EVENT ON FACEBOOK LIVE
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) will host a Facebook Live video stream to update constituents of California's 33rd congressional district and answer questions on the current state of our country.
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Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA-33)
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REP. TED LIEU: ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS MUST RESIGN IMMEDIATELY
Mr. Lieu also calls for two special prosecutors to investigate Sessions and Trump Administration ties to Russia
Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions made false statements about interactions with Russian officials during his confirmation hearings: