Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
The claim is such a lie that Trump was immediately debunked on Twitter:
Here's, for example, a response by an former Obama foreign policy advisor:
No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you. https://t.co/lEVscjkzSw
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) March 4, 2017
Representative Ted Liu was a lot more direct:
Mr. President: If there was a wiretap at Trump Tower, that means a fed judge found probable cause of crime which means you are in deep shit. https://t.co/i7dUMtHXmo
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 4, 2017
Why would Trump be in deep shit? Because the president does not have the authority to order a wiretap. Only the FBI and the NSA. And they can only do it with a court order showing probable cause for a crime.
The president doesn't wiretap. The FBI and NSA do. And the DOJ processes surveillance requests for FISA court. https://t.co/mRocy1u7p6
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 4, 2017
Which means either Trump is outright lying, or he is indeed the focus of a criminal investigation.
And where did Trump get the idea that Obama ordered a wiretap on him? Apparently, from fake news website Breitbart and from a fake news conservative radio show:
how news works:
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) March 4, 2017
Thursday: Conservative radio show says Obama sought Trump wiretap
Friday: Breitbart reports this
Saturday: Trump tweets it pic.twitter.com/uqJ4dtmV73
So as you can see, Trump is repeating lies. And he expect the American public to believe them.
UPDATE: The New York Times published a pretty good piece on Trump's lies about being wiredtapped. Again; if he was, then there was sufficient evidence for a judge to issue a warrant to wiretap him. In that case, Trump just admitted he was involved in criminal activies.
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