Headline Roundup • March 4th, 2017
Claim of Wiretaps
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Washington Post
President Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election.
President Donald Trump early Saturday charged that former President Barack Obama tapped his phone as part of the investigation his campaign was communicating with the Russian government.
Wall Street Journal (News)
President Donald Trump, in a series of early morning tweets Saturday, accused former President Barack Obama of having tapped phone lines into Trump Tower, an accusation for which the current president provided no evidence.
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