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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:
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday generally agreed that a controversial surveillance measure was both necessary for renewal and in need of some reform.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 allows the NSA to monitor the communications of foreign citizens outside of the United States.
While the intelligence community touts it as a vital component of its surveillance apparatus, critics note that United States citizens communicating with foreigners can also have data captured.
President Donald Trump, facing questions about a controversial military operation, made the first U.S. combat death on his watch a moment of riveting drama during his Tuesday address to Congress.
In a scene of powerful emotion that brought the audience in the House chamber to its feet, Trump introduced and applauded Carryn Owens, the widow of Ryan Owens, a Navy SEAL killed during a late January raid in Yemen that went badly wrong.
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