Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election! Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. The Trump administration has been on the back foot over its contacts with Russian officials before the president took office in January. Donald Trump accuses Obama of orchestrating protests against him Read moreThe presenter called the effort a “silent coup” by the Obama administration and called for a congressional investigation into the issue. So, if under the Obama administration they were simply monitoring contacts with Russian officials – not trying to wiretap into the Trump campaign but simply looking at who Russian officials were talking with– and then Trump campaign officials got ensnared in that net, then it’s a total mischaracterisation to say President Obama was wiretapping Trump.”

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2017 11:57 UTC