The top Democrat in the Senate, Chuck Schumer (NY), claimed Sunday that President Trump is “in trouble,” a stern warning that came a day after the commander-in-tweet claimed President Obama wiretapped him.
Citing President Obama’s denial that he ordered a wiretap of Trump, Schumer said, “Either way … the president’s in trouble. If he falsely spread this kind of misinformation, that is so wrong.”
“It’s beneath the dignity of the presidency. It is something that really hurts people’s view of government,” he said.
“It shows this president doesn’t know how to conduct himself,” he added.
Schumer went on the claim that if in fact Trump had been wiretapped, he only would’ve been subjected to the surveillance because he deserved it.
“On the other hand, if it’s true, it’s even worse for the president. Because that means that a federal judge, independently elected, has found probable cause that the president, or people on his staff, have probable cause to have broken the law or to have interacted with a foreign agent,” New York’s senior senator claimed.
Schumer went on to call for a special prosecutor to look into the Russia matter — suggesting that Congress was too partisan to handle the investigation itself.