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President Trump Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower

posted by on Sunday March 05 2017, @07:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the who-stole-the-strawberries? dept.

takyon writes:

President Trump has accused former President Obama of... something:

In a string of tweets posted early Saturday morning, President Trump let loose a barrage of accusations at his predecessor. He alleged that former President Obama had his "wires tapped" in Trump Tower before Election Day last year, accusing Obama of "McCarthyism" and being a "bad (or sick) guy."

Trump, who is under significant scrutiny for his administration's contacts with Russia before he took office, offered no evidence to support his claims Saturday morning. Neither the White House nor Obama's office has responded immediately to NPR's requests for comment.

[...] 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

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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

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) 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

Also at WaPo, NYT, Reuters, Fox News, BBC, and Snopes, which hints that it may be related to this story.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 06 2017, @07:52AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 06 2017, @07:52AM (#475529)

    You unAmerican bastard! You Nationalist Scum Racist! I spit right down your throat, and squeeze it back up only to watch you choke!

    100% of the illegal aliens who crossed the border without authorization have committed a crime. The second offense is a felony.

    Yeah, it would be a violation of American law, if they were fucking Americans!!!! But you see, they are not, so they are not bound by the US Legal system. The break no law, except the racist law inside your racist head, you racist asshole of a nation to which you do not belong!!! All Americans have crossed the border illegally, without the permission of the native nations of the continent. So take your fucking Eurocentric perspective and stuff it up your fucking white pointy hood, because the Native American Border Control Agency will soon be coming for your white ass. No as for those brothers and sisters from the south, born of the soil of the Americas? We will cut them some slack. America!! Love it, or give it back!!!

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 07 2017, @10:10PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 07 2017, @10:10PM (#476193) Journal

    Yeah, it would be a violation of American law, if they were fucking Americans!!!! But you see, they are not, so they are not bound by the US Legal system.

    The obvious rebuttal is that one doesn't have to be a US citizen in order to be bound by US law.