Barack Obama in Fire and Fury, by Michael Wolff

On Principles & Values: Accused by Trump & Fox News of wiretapping Trump Tower

On March 3, 2017, the president watched Bret Baier interview Paul Ryan on Fox. Baier asked the Speaker about a report on the online news site Circa--owned by Sinclair, the conservative broadcast group--involving allegations that Trump Tower had been surveilled.

Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found! This is McCarthyism! (4:35 AM)
Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wiretapping" a race for president prior to an election? (4:49 AM)
How low has President Obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. (5:02 AM)

According to CNN, "Two former senior US officials quickly dismissed Trump's accusations out of hand. 'Just nonsense,' said one former senior US intelligence official." Ryan, for his part, said he had no idea what Baier was talking about. [The wiretapping allegation survives into the 2020 campaign] Source: Fire and Fury, by Michael Wolff, p.159-60 Jan 5, 2018

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