Morning Joe suffered a split personality today over President Trump's tweets alleging that President Obama had tapped his phones. On the one hand, Joe and Mika waxed apocalyptic, claiming
the country is "in crisis" and
questioning President Trump's "stability." At one point, Mika even seemed to choke up as she said, "this is really
a dark time which could get worse."
But at the same time, Joe Scarborough zeroed in on former Obama spox Josh Earnest's "very legalistic" responses to questioning by ABC's Martha Raddatz. On
This Week, Raddatz
cited former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau's
tweet, warning
"I'd be careful about reporting that Obama said there was no wiretapping. Statement just said that neither he nor the WH ordered it." Pressed by Raddatz,
Earnest admitted "I don't know" whether the Obama Justice Department sought and obtained a court-ordered wiretap of the Trump campaign.