If you woke up Saturday morning
scratching your head as to what the heck President Donald Trump was
talking about when he tweeted that Obama had his “wires tapped” in Trump Tower
just before his victory, you are not alone.
Donald Trump was talking about when he tweeted that Obama had his “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before his victory, you are not alone.
So what happened?
The best that we can tell, Trump is
referring to a Breitbart article which was published Friday
night that makes reference to attempts by U.S. intelligence agencies to
obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA)
to monitor communications involving Donald Trump and several advisers. The
interesting thing is that this isn’t a new development. In fact, several
outlets including Mother Jones, The Guardian, The National Review, and Heat Street have been reporting on this
alleged activity over the last couple of months.
Here is the best summary we could
find of the Obama administration’s efforts to wiretap Trump associates. From a January 11, 2017 Guardian article:
The Guardian has learned that the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials. The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus. According to one report, the FBI was finally granted a warrant in October, but that has not been confirmed, and it is not clear whether any warrant led to a full investigation
Trump then questions in a Tweet on Saturday morning if this
is legal and even makes analogies to Nixon/Watergate.
So is it legal? Find out HERE
