Donald Trump alleged in a tweet storm early Saturday that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower before his election victory.
Trump did not provide any evidence for the claims, which followed an interview on Fox News where the allegations came up.
“Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” Trump wrote as part of a series of tweets Saturday morning.
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Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
6:35 AM – 4 Mar 2017
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He added: “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!”
NBC News reached out to former Obama administration officials and the White House for comment and clarification but had not heard back.
On Friday, Fox’s Brett Baier asked House Speaker Paul Ryan whether he was concerned “that the Obama Administration may have been surveilling members of the Trump campaign in a pretty detailed investigation during the election?”
Ryan responded by saying: “I don’t think that’s the case.”
Trump’s campaign offices were located in Trump Tower in Manhattan and the Trump family has a multi-floor residence in the building.
Trump frequently tweets about topics that have appeared on conservative media outlets.
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There have been reports that communications between Trump associates and Russians were picked up by intelligence agencies during the campaign as part of routine surveillance of the Russians. Trump and his aides have denied there were any improper contacts.
The allegations were part of a flurry of early morning tweets that also defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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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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Sessions is under fire for not disclosing during his confirmation hearing that he met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Sessions was a senator at the time and an adviser to the Trump campaign.
“The first meeting Jeff Sessions had with the Russian Amb was set up by the Obama Administration under education program for 100 Ambs……”
“The same Russian Ambassador that met Jeff Sessions visited the Obama White House 22 times, and 4 times last year alone.”
News of the meetings drew fire from critics who said Sessions had misled the Judiciary Committee in his January confirmation hearings.
On Feb. 13, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned just after the Washington Post first reported that the Justice Department had informed the White House that Flynn could be subject to blackmail.
All him a gwaan him waa draw out Obama, that racist piece of shit. Obama a nuh C.I.A fi order wire tapping but he stupid enough to have thought the C.I.A would be in his building and nah listen to him. This is how dumb this hefer is
Met you ketch the word: McCarthyism!!! Trump really and truly does not write his own tweets. He cant spell hereby but he can spell McCarthyism!!! :ngakak This man uses more exclamation points than me, which is such a bad habit!!! Him a go sorry fi call Obama name. I believe that there is a lion that sleeps way down inna Obama soul and mi sorry fi the person that wakes it. One man cant be so perfect for 8 years straight. :ngakak Remember when they killed Bin Laden and the pictures surfaced of him and Hillary in the Oval office..that look on Obama’s face is his dont piss me off look.
America neva si dem level a disgrace yah yet oo :ngakak
But even if Obama do it him have just reason cause tgem have some type of suspicion and possible evidence of him lies and crony self Obama love him country and trump is crooked from too to bottom and a try deflect the media from the real goods of him but it not going to work min stream media will not allow it to be swept under the rug or the cia fbi way him dissed up so blatantly never will they forget it and rightfull so lock up him rass
Obama cannot get up and order wire tap , it haffi go through C.I.A and go court..mi seh a waa punch him in his face fi call obama name and mi nuh know obama but I hate this man fi his lies..He stupid fi think dem neva did a go tap di hell outa him..why him tink dem did a rent space ina di damn building? :ngakak …He knows what is coming so him a bleed out before him get di juck
Dis shithouse a try draw out wi good good president longtime, come on now him run him shity mouth and sey Obama care dis n it dat. But him cannot fix it suh him try again bout him get country inna big mes.with all him attack obama wi nuh look suh come with this now bout wire tap, obama have too much class n grace fi even answer this shithouse!!!!
Obama going to ansa him on this because him a try mek it a big deal..and it is..
He is an idiot a try throw the stench off him by blaming Obama. His fixation on Obama is disturbing,he wants to destroy the man he wants to be so much. Obama reminds him of his short comings.
Obama is black and he is everything that Trump wants to be and the media keeps remind him about it so he wont stop trying offa him until he gets the heart attack he is searching for
Bottomline obama 8yrs a kill no scandal…turmp go drump outta trump tower plz n thanks
Big loud mouth since trump knows nothing bout running a government him old not a quick study and buy fi him degrees from the so call skool him go back in those days Obama is a constitutional lawyer that him bust him ass to get them degrees no short cuts Obama couldn’t tek so him no the laws poor thieving trump is way in over his head
2 deggeh deggeh words mi a seh PHUCK TRUMP
After the mongoose sit in the White House with Obama & says he’s a good man to the world him tun round again talking trash about obama ‘ now why would Obama bug this mongoose phone for ???? Lord forgive me but i really dislike this man .
All if a do it go…who cares? Him same one say the country under siege by terrorists, so surveillance go wherever suspicious spies and potential terrorists hold court…lol
I want to see him being carted off to a supa max!
PP this is a easy fix n excellent opportunity to impeach Trump if he doesn’t back down from such spurious claims.
A first year law student can handle this by a writ asking trump to Substantiate his claim, seeing as how it is false then a public retraction n apology MUST follow! !Failing which Obama MUST begin his lawsuit against Trump n naturally congress will impeach him for behavior unbecoming of a peasant much less a President kmft!
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me 5 year old Nephew could tie his ass up in a debate.
hush the amount a people this man angry…… mongoose he got a long list a name, met smaddy visit from fla leaving Canada he had originally visit florida from Jamaica and stay 4 months. they took the phone he was on the phone in his construction clothes, them tek wey the visa jus like wey dem do Luciano, but him tan too long a fla, then fly a Canada and a go back a florida this happen last year to rasss