President Trump at the White House on Feb 27. As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. A showing of probable cause to a court would have been required to obtain a wiretap of the type Trump alleged. Several had direct ties to Russian financial interests in ways that have raised eyebrows.” (Trump denies he has any ties to Russia. He called for Congress — which is already investigating Trump’s Russia connection — to look into improper surveillance during the campaign.

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2017 17:08 UTC