Evidence Quote by Jennifer Palmieri

“Barack Obama, in a 2007 stump speech for his nascent presidential campaign, had pledged, ‘No more illegal wiretapping of American citizens. No more National…

— Luke Harding

President Bush has asserted the right to wiretap and eavesdrop on any American without a warrant in the name of fighting terrorism. He has…

— Helen Thomas

Mr. Trump knows that banning travel to the United States from a half dozen Muslim-majority countries would do nothing to enhance our security -…

— Antony Blinken

Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so.

— Pete du Pont

“With his misspellings and his use of 1970s lingo—“wire tapping” called up an image of FBI agents crouched in a van on Fifth Avenue—it…

— Michael Wolff

“Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute…

— Andrew McCarthy

The president can violate the law, and when he does, he is supposed to be held accountable. That is supposed to be one of…

— Cenk Uygur

Quietly, President Obama has done warrantless wire tapping. And it was hardly covered. I don't know if any of the mainstream press bothered to…

— Cenk Uygur

Trump simply can't dial down the lying, or turn it off - even, his own attorneys suggest, when false statements may be punished as…

— George T. Conway III

The president doesn't have the authority to change the law or ignore the law, and that's what Obama tried to do.

— Ted Cruz

Donald Trump tests the limits of campaign speech. He makes false statements and refuses to correct them. He attacks other religions and ethnic groups,…

— David Ignatius

President Trump basically has interfered with an investigation where he may be implicated. That's outrageous. And that's why we're having so much of a…

— Maxine Waters