Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. This is McCarthyism!”“How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] my phones during the very sacred election process. Bad (or sick) guy!”–President Trump, tweets, March 4, 2017In March 2017, President Trump earned Four Pinocchios for relying on sketchy media reports to claim that former president Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, his 2016 campaign headquarters. Trump had claimed that Obama ordered the wiretapping of his phones in Trump Tower just before the presidential election. Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory.

Source: Washington Post September 22, 2017 06:56 UTC