The Department of Justice’s National Security Division said no clues have been found verifying President Trump’s allegations saying Obama spied on him throughout the late stages of the presidential campaign.
Back in March, the President sent out a slew of fiery tweets writing things like, ‘Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!’
Trump issued the social media allegations without grounds to back up the claims.
Back in March, President Trump sent out a slew of tweets accusing Obama of wiretapping his phones during the 2016 campaign
The Justice Department said in a Motion for Summary Judgment statement Friday there were no records of the said interference
The Justice Department said in a Motion for Summary Judgment statement Friday that no records were found of the said interference.
‘Both FBI and NSD can again confirm that they have no records related to wiretaps as described by the March 4, 2017 tweets,’ the department said in response to an Information Act inquiry.
The inquiry included ‘warrant applications or records requesting a court order to intercept communications related to candidate Donald Trump, Trump Tower, entities housed in Trump Tower, or any person affiliated with Mr. Trump’s campaign; court orders approving or rejecting those requests; records of those wiretaps, and; communications between the FBI or DOJ and Congress relating to these issues.’
‘Both FBI and NSD can again confirm that they have no records related to wiretaps as described by the March 4, 2017 tweets,’ the department said in response to Information Act inquiry,’ the statement read
‘The group had requested in its FOIA filing for ‘warrant applications or records requesting a court order to intercept communications related to candidate Donald Trump, Trump Tower, entities housed in Trump Tower, or any person affiliated with Mr. Trump’s campaign’
Trump sent out the allegations without backing up his claims
Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis, previously refuted Trump’s allegations.
‘A cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,’ Lewis wrote in the public statement.
‘As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.’
The former deputy