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Trump claims Obama tapped Trump Tower phone lines

Politics March 4, 2017
On Saturday morning, the current U.S. president called out his predecessor's administration for holding meetings with Russian officials. President Trump also claimed that former President Obama surveilled Trump's main residence during the 2016 presidential election.
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· Mar 4

The first meeting Jeff Sessions had with the Russian Amb was set up by the Obama Administration under education program for 100 Ambs......

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· Mar 4

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!

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· Mar 4
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Correct. Making allegations without evidence is the literal definition of McCarthyism.

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· Mar 4

You too? Obama used the NSA in my copyright case. Welcome to the club.

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
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· Mar 4

No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
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· Mar 4

If true does it sound like Trump inadvertently acknowledged he was under investigation? Is he trying to get ahead of an imminent news story?

Donald Trump accuses Obama of 'wire-tapping' his office before election
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· Mar 4
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the wiretaps were reported in the Times in January.

Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates
It is not clear whether the communications had anything to do with Donald J. Trump or his campaign.
mobile.nytimes.com
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· Mar 4

Recall that the existence of wiretaps (not ordered by Obama) was first reported on eve of inauguration

how news works: Thursday: Conservative radio show says Obama sought Trump wiretap Friday: Breitbart reports this Saturday: Trump tweets it
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· Mar 4

Trump got his Obama wiretapping "report" from Breitbart:

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· Mar 4

Friday: Breitbart 'report' about Obama wire tapping Trump Tower Saturday: Trump 'finds out' about Obama wire tapping Trump Tower

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· Mar 4

If this is true, wouldn't that information be classified?

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
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· Mar 4

Just out: The same Russian Ambassador that met Jeff Sessions visited the Obama White House 22 times, and 4 times last year alone.

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· Mar 4

Ambassadors are supposed to meet with the White House. But Trump campaign surrogates met with the the Ambassador and lied about it.

Just out: The same Russian Ambassador that met Jeff Sessions visited the Obama White House 22 times, and 4 times last year alone.
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· Mar 4

Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!

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· Mar 4

Trump claims his phones were tapped. If they were, it means a federal judge found probable cause of foreign activity

Trump, citing no evidence, accuses Obama of ‘Nixon/Watergate’ plot to wiretap Trump Tower
President Trump used Twitter to accuse his predecessor of orchestrating a plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election.
washingtonpost.com
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· Mar 4

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!

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· Mar 4

This is so dangerous. Ppl all over Twitter are saying Obama committed an act of war against America. Trump has started something treacherous

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· Mar 4

How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!

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· Mar 4

The other option was of course to just wait for the Russians to upload their recordings of your calls to iTunes.

How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
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· Mar 4

Surprisingly, a lot of what Donald Trump is talking about stems from this story in

EXCLUSIVE: FBI ‘Granted FISA Warrant’ Covering Trump Camp’s Ties To Russia
Sources say that the FBI was granted a FISA warrant in October, in relation to Trump’s server’s ties to Russian banks
heatst.com
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· Mar 4

From last yr: Trump allegedly "tapped the phone lines at Mar-A-Lago, using a special console installed in his room."

Trump Reportedly Eavesdropped On Phone Conversations at Mar-A-Lago
This is not the first time his employees have suspected that he might be listening in.
vanityfair.com
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· Mar 4
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"Even the billionaire himself suffers from eavesdropping paranoia, telling Hugh Hewitt he assumes people are listening to his phone calls."

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· Mar 4

"This is Nixon/Watergate" President Trump says, after claiming Barack Obama "wire-tapped" him ahead of his election victory

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