Trump Admits He Made Obama 'Wire Tapping' Claim On 'Bit Of A Hunch'

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Trump Admits He Made Obama 'Wire Tapping' Claim On 'Bit Of A Hunch'
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Trump admits he accused Obama of 'wire tapping' on a 'bit of a hunch'

that Trump hadn’t really accused Obama of “wire tapping,” even though that’s the term the president used in his posts.Sean Hannity

that he made the allegation based on “a little bit of a hunch.” Trump also expressed surprise at how his baseless accusation had blown up “like you’ve never seen.” “I don’t know if you remember, a long time ago, very early on I used the word wiretap, and I put in quotes, meaning surveillance, spying you can sort of say whatever you want,” Trump told Hannity.

“Now I understand why, because they thought two years ago when I said that just on a little bit of a hunch and a little bit of wisdom maybe, it blew up because they thought maybe I was wise to them,” he continued. “Or they were caught. And that’s why. ’Cuz if they weren’t doing anything wrong it would’ve just gotten by, nobody would’ve cared about it.

by federal investigators, including Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, during and after the 2016 campaign. Trump described the investigation as “a coup and spying.”

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