“This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy.”
Current US president Donald Trump has made explosive claims against his predecessor Barack Obama, claiming that Obama wire tapped his phones in Trump Tower just before Trump’s victory in the US presidential election in November.
In a series of tweets posted shortly after 5.30am eastern time on Saturday morning, Trump claimed that Obama tapped his phones during the election process, even going so far as to compare it to Watergate, the scandal that brought about the downfall of President Richard Nixon in the 1970s.
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
Where the allegations came from is unclear, but Trump did issue the tweets after defending Jeff Sessions, the US attorney who is under scrutiny for meeting with the Russian ambassador to Washington twice during the presidential election last year.
The first meeting Jeff Sessions had with the Russian Amb was set up by the Obama Administration under education program for 100 Ambs……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Just out: The same Russian Ambassador that met Jeff Sessions visited the Obama White House 22 times, and 4 times last year alone.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Sessions’ meetings with the Russian ambassador form the latest in a series of questions about the Trump regime’s connections with Russia, which have increased pressure on the president in recent weeks.
