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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: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday March 07 2017, @11:14PM (4 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday March 07 2017, @11:14PM (#476213) Journal

    Notice that every single one of your posts in this discussion are mere baiting of myself - mentioning me by name and then hurling empty insults.

    And did you notice that it works every. single. time? What is your point, khallow? Are you bucking for a slot in the Trump administration? Do you have Marxists under your bed? I predict that you, my dear and fluffy khallow, will learn some things in the next couple of years. But my predictions have a very bad track record.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 07 2017, @11:53PM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 07 2017, @11:53PM (#476228) Journal

    And did you notice that it works every. single. time?

    Define "works".

    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday March 08 2017, @08:19AM (2 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday March 08 2017, @08:19AM (#476372) Journal

      And you think that I think that I am smarter than you? O, the obvious irony!! Seriously, khallow, sometimes I think that you have no idea what our little talks here on SoylentNews are actually about.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday March 08 2017, @01:14PM (1 child)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 08 2017, @01:14PM (#476415) Journal
        Define "works".

        • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday March 09 2017, @02:31AM

          by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday March 09 2017, @02:31AM (#476831) Journal

          One more time, khallow! I have confidence that you can get it! Just reply to this post. That is all you have to do.