Snopes: Reports that former president Barack Obama was about to be arrested were fake news

[enhanced_deficit]

This is getting out of hand:


Reports that former president Barack Obama was about to be arrested over charges of illegal wiretapping were fake news



http://www.snopes.com/fbi-arrest-warrant-obama/




Related

May 4, 2017
Gowdy: If We Have to, We'll Subpoena Rice to Testify About Unmasking

http://a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2017/05/04/780/438/694940094001_5421548327001_5421538410001-vs.jpg

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) responded this morning to former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice declining an invitation to testify before Congress on the unmasking of Trump team members.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/05/04/trey-gowdy-susan-rice-may-receive-subpoena-testify-about-unmasking

Barrack Obama is a bad, sick guy – Donald Trump

Spicer: Trump 'clearly stands by' description of Obama as evil (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?502216-Erection-2008-Video-Surfaces-Of-Obama-Flaunting-His-Junk-to-Reporters-on-Campaign-Plane&p=6451014&viewfull=1#post6451014)

James Woods on Obama: He’s the ‘gift from hell’ (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?428515-James-Woods-on-Obama-He%E2%80%99s-the-%E2%80%98gift-from-hell%E2%80%99&)
(http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?428515-James-Woods-on-Obama-He%E2%80%99s-the-%E2%80%98gift-from-hell%E2%80%99&)The Washington Times
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/9_4_2013_ap1202290336308201jpg/)The latest came this week, in response to a report from British press that revealed the National Security Agency commonly provides Israel with intelligence data — without first stripping out private and personal information on American citizens. The Guardian in London reported the item, the latest in its coverage of document leaks from Edward Snowden.
Mr. Woods unleashed his views of the matter — and of Mr. Obama's role in allowing the practice to occur — on Twitter.

[juleswin]

Yea, the fake news websites are getting out of hand now Trump is in office. They would say just about anything to get a click and sadly loads of people are falling for it.

[Cleaner44]

This is getting out of hand:



http://www.snopes.com/fbi-arrest-warrant-obama/

SNOPES fact-checkers revealed to be actual whores, fraudsters and deviant left-wing fetish bloggers
http://www.naturalnews.com/2016-12-25-snopes-fact-checkers-actual-whores-david-mikkelson-elyssa-young-presstitutes-fraud.html

Snopes Co-Founder Embezzles $98,000, Drops Weight, Leaves Fat Wife And Marries Actual Whore
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-22/snopes-co-founder-embezzles-98000-drops-weight-leaves-fat-wife-and-marries-actual-wh

[enhanced_deficit]

Wow, snopes "fact checkers" are suddenly looking very controversial.
WaPo libs cite them quite often.

[juleswin]

SNOPES fact-checkers revealed to be actual whores, fraudsters and deviant left-wing fetish bloggers
http://www.naturalnews.com/2016-12-25-snopes-fact-checkers-actual-whores-david-mikkelson-elyssa-young-presstitutes-fraud.html

Snopes Co-Founder Embezzles $98,000, Drops Weight, Leaves Fat Wife And Marries Actual Whore
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-22/snopes-co-founder-embezzles-98000-drops-weight-leaves-fat-wife-and-marries-actual-wh

And even with all his personal flaws, the site is still right on the story and all the fake news shrieking alt media reporting on the story that Obama would soon be arrested are wrong.

Imagine that, leaving your wife and for an ex porn star doesn't automatically make one wrong :)

[Zippyjuan]

Even Republicans doubt Trump's claims. Even his own FBI director: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/05/trump-seeks-congressional-probe-into-politically-motivated-investigation-during-2016-campaign/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trumpwiretap-927am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8cfa5a2bdbe5


FBI Director Comey asked Justice officials to refute Trump’s unproven wiretapping claim

FBI Director James B. Comey asked the Justice Department this weekend to issue a statement refuting President Trump’s claim that President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap of Trump’s phones before the election, according to U.S. officials, but the department did not do so.

Comey made the request Saturday after Trump accused Obama on Twitter of having his “ ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower.” The White House expanded on Trump’s comments Sunday with a call for a congressional probe of his allegations.

The revelation, first reported by the New York Times, underscores the fraught nature of the FBI’s high-profile investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. A key question fueling that inquiry is whether Trump associates colluded with Russian officials to help Trump win.

Neither Justice nor the FBI would comment Sunday.

The development came as Trump’s charge against Obama — leveled without any evidence — was being rebuffed both inside and outside of the executive branch. It drew a blunt, on-the-record denial by a top intelligence official who served in the Obama administration.

Speaking on NBC News on Sunday morning, former director of national intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. denied that a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) wiretap was authorized against Trump or the campaign during his tenure.

“There was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time as a candidate or against his campaign,” Clapper said on “Meet the Press,” adding that he would “absolutely” have been informed if the FBI had received a FISA warrant against either.

“I can deny it,” Clapper said emphatically.

[jonhowe]

Could someone show me a REAL news article saying Obama was "about to be arrested"? Because that is the claim. I never saw such a claim. I highly doubt it is true.

I believe snopes is correct, though I'm open to being proven wrong: show me.

[TheCount]

Clickbait is clickbait whether you agree with it or not.

[Athan]

I never saw anything either. This Vault 7 and Trump being wiretapped was what was being circulated for the entire weekend.
This is the first I've heard of them saying Obama was going to be arrested.

[enhanced_deficit]

Could someone show me a REAL news article saying Obama was "about to be arrested"? Because that is the claim. I never saw such a claim. I highly doubt it is true.

I believe snopes is correct, though I'm open to being proven wrong: show me.

Yea saw this "news" in google news but not the "fakenews" that snopes was addressing.
Wonder if snopes is paying money to google to be included in "news".

[seapilot]

Even Republicans doubt Trump's claims. Even his own FBI director: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/05/trump-seeks-congressional-probe-into-politically-motivated-investigation-during-2016-campaign/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trumpwiretap-927am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8cfa5a2bdbe5

More Compost.

[enhanced_deficit]

Yea, the fake news websites are getting out of hand now Trump is in office.


More Compost.

To add some perspective here, this very amateurish fakenews is tiny potatoes compared to the top grade professional "fake news".

‘Fake news’ isn’t news or new: Remembering the 2003 US invasion of Iraq (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?508445-%E2%80%98Fake-news%E2%80%99-isn%E2%80%99t-news-or-new-Remembering-the-2003-US-invasion-of-Iraq&)


2003: Washington Post ran 27 editorials in favor of Iraq invasion (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?458793-2003-Washington-Post-ran-27-editorials-in-favor-of-Iraq-invasion&)

[enhanced_deficit]

Even Republicans doubt Trump's claims. Even his own FBI director: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/05/trump-seeks-congressional-probe-into-politically-motivated-investigation-during-2016-campaign/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trumpwiretap-927am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8cfa5a2bdbe5


Not all Republicans apparently:


Intelligence official who 'unmasked' Trump associates is 'very high up,' source says


By Malia Zimmerman, Adam Housley

Published March 31, 2017


The U.S. intelligence official who “unmasked,” or exposed, the names of multiple private citizens affiliated with the Trump team is someone “very well known, very high up, very senior in the intelligence world,” a source told Fox News on Friday.
Intelligence and House sources with direct knowledge of the disclosure of classified names told Fox News that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., now knows who is responsible -- and that person is not in the FBI.

“The main issue in this case, is not only the unmasking of these names of private citizens, but the spreading of these names for political purposes that have nothing to do with national security or an investigation into Russia’s interference in the U.S. election,” a congressional source close to the investigation told Fox News.
The unmasking of Americans whose communications apparently were caught up in surveillance under the Obama administration is a key part of an investigation being led by Nunes, who has come under fire from Democrats for focusing on that aspect.
Nunes has known about the unmasking controversy since January, when two sources in the intelligence community approached him. The sources told Nunes who was responsible and at least one of the Trump team names that was unmasked. They also gave him serial numbers of reports that documented the activity.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...urce-says.html (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/31/intelligence-official-who-unmasked-trump-associates-is-very-high-up-source-says.html)

[Weston White]

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You're my...

[CPUd]

dgp seems frustrated he can't get anyone except state media to run the headlines he wants to run.

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https://twitter.com/politico/status/847922615960428544

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/848153860602507264

http://i.imgur.com/jSqF9nY.jpg

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Current politics, news/fakenews mixture is more dramatic than even hollywood movie plots.

Trump tweets plea for Obama to be investigated, attacks NBC's "Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd" (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?509271-Trump-tweets-plea-for-Obama-to-be-investigated-attacks-NBC-s-quot-Sleepy-Eyes-Chuck-Todd-quot&)
Rick Wiles: Obama Is ‘Hiding From Arrest’ In French Polynesia For Stealing Elections And Surveilling Trump (http://thepoliticus.com/content/rick-wiles-obama-hiding-arrest-french-polynesia-stealing-elections-and-surveilling-trump)
http://obama.trendolizer.com/images/caption_5832508.jpg








dgp seems frustrated he can't get anyone except state media to run the headlines he wants to run.


What does dgp mean?

[enhanced_deficit]

This appears more credible:




On Monday, Bloomberg dropped an explosive allegation (https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-03/top-obama-adviser-sought-names-of-trump-associates-in-intel) to add to the mounting evidence that Trump associates were victims of wrongful surveillance: National security adviser Susan Rice sought the identities of U.S. citizens whose names were masked in intel reports related to the Trump transition.

We know for certain that in the case of former national security adviser Mike Flynn, his name was acquired, retained and disseminated, not only around government but also to The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-adviser-flynn-discussed-sanctions-with-russian-ambassador-despite-denials-officials-say/2017/02/09/f85b29d6-ee11-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?utm_term=.c700215147be). No fewer than nine former or current intelligence officials discussed the matter with the paper. The leaking of this information is a different matter altogether, carrying a possible 10-year prison sentence for a felony conviction.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-rights/327192-the-susan-rice-smoking-gun-and-why-it-matters

[enhanced_deficit]

In other news:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn1i58x-sDU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn1i58x-sDU


http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow__640x360/public/field/image/784188_web1_met_9ObamaAtCecil022.jpg?itok=8lgmuWfu


https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/MT_UoGmLDQPiRLQ2SuPF7Leh2WU/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-%21%21-:strip_icc-%21%21-/2016/06/16/989/n/38761221/7b9e8aeed55852a1_GettyImages-540684804/i/Florida-Democratic-Representative-Corrine-Brown-Florida.jpg

Ex-Congresswoman May Spend Rest of Life in Prison for Fraud (https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2017-05-12/ex-congresswoman-may-spend-rest-of-life-in-prison-for-fraud)


U.S. News & World Report
- ‎3 hours ago‎



Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown could spend the rest of her life in prison after being found guilty of taking money from a charity that was purported to be giving scholarships to poor students.

[LoveRonPaul]

That's a whole lotta ugly.

[Zippyjuan]

Obama been arrested yet? Is it "soon"?

[enhanced_deficit]

Too much fakenews, AOL news reporting this:


Fake News Story Says Malia Obama Arrested In Gang Bust

May 10, 2017
by Brendan Kelly


http://images.americanow.com/ovi/catalog/downloads/preview/rndr_670x377//2017/05/maliabarackobama-1494426783.jpg/rndr_670x377.jpg
Many have fallen for a fake news story which claims that former first daughter Malia Obama was arrested in connection with a gang bust in Chicago.

According to AOL, a fake news story was published on the satirical conservative website The Last Line of Defense which claims that Malia Obama, the daughter of former President Barack Obama, was arrested in connection with a gang bust for drugs and dogfighting after "slipping away" from Secret Service in order to attend a party at a park in Chicago.



http://www.americanow.com/story/politics/2017/05/10/fake-news-story-says-malia-obama-arrested-gang-bust

[enhanced_deficit]

That's a whole lotta ugly.

There are ugly apples in all groups. What is important is character.

Is this part of Trump phenomenon or she would have been convicted even if Hillary was in White House?
Quite a few prosecutions in politics tend to be influenced by politics, jailing of Pastor Wright's daughter (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?471522-A-pattern-of-politically-motivated-quot-justice-quot&) for "corruption" while Obama was in WH appeared to be politically motivated.




http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/from-left-reps-sheila-jackson-lee-dtexas-john-lewis-dga-terri-sewell-picture-id509585104


Three Dem Lawmakers on Witness List for Former Rep. Corrine Brown’s Fraud Trial

Sheila Jackson Lee, Marcia Fudge among those on list

BY: Madeleine Weast
April 17, 2017
The attorney for former Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.) named three members of Congress, all fellow Democrats, as potential defense witnesses for Brown's upcoming fraud trial.
Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas), Bennie Thompson (D., Miss), and Marcia Fudge, (D., Ohio) were all named on the witness list, filed Friday evening with Jacksonville, Florida's federal court, and are expected to be asked about Brown's involvement with causes she addressed in Congress, the Florida Times-Union reported over the weekend.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/three-dem-lawmakers-witness-list-corrine-browns-fraud-trial/






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Rev. Jeremiah Wright Daughter Indicted for Alleged Money ...
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Feb 23, 2015 - Jeri Wright, the 48-year-old daughter of President Barack Obama's mentor and former pastor Jeremiah Wright, is heading to jail.

[enhanced_deficit]

How do these 'fact checkers' get to get their headlines pushed up in news ranks, is this business owned by media insiders?

This is the second story below the top headline on goole front page current:

http://www.snopes.com/scaramucci-nude-photos-wife-revenge-divorce/

[Zippyjuan]

Still bumping the obviously fake story (since Obama has not been arrested)?

[sparebulb]

Still bumping the obviously fake story (since Obama has not been arrested)?

What does a fake-spouting troll see when he looks in the mirror?

Answer: Zippy

[Zippyjuan]

What does a fake-spouting troll see when he looks in the mirror?

Answer: Zippy

I cast no reflection. I am a vampire- not a troll.

[dannno]

lol, the OP has the fake news crew around here all wrapped up in themselves, they don't even know what to argue about..

[TheCount]

How do these 'fact checkers' get to get their headlines pushed up in news ranks, is this business owned by media insiders?

This is the second story below the top headline on goole front page current:

http://www.snopes.com/scaramucci-nude-photos-wife-revenge-divorce/

Google doesn't serve the same news to everyone; they customize which stories you see based on your internet habits.

I assume that you clicked on it, right?