Trump tells Hannity DOJ investigating whether his own phone calls were tapped during 2016 campaign

American Thinker ^ | 06/20/2019 | Thomas Lifson

[SeekAndFind]

Last night, during a wide-ranging interview with Sean Hannity (video of the full interview is embedded below), President Trump dropped a bombshell, telling the Fox News host that the DOJ is investigating whether his own phone calls were monitored during the presidential campaign.

"The fact is, they were spying on my campaign, using intelligence agencies to do it. ... We're trying to figure out whether they listened to my calls. That would be the ultimate. We'll see what happens. If that happens, we'll probably find out. If they spied on my campaign, and they may have, it will be one of the great revelations in history of this country. It will be very interesting. I think we're gonna find out."

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If this is found to be the case, the public finally will start to grasp the magnitude of the scandal of weaponizing federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to spy on a rival political campaign -- “one of the great revelations in history,” as the president says. It’s one thing to talk about FISA warrants on people in the campaign that most people had never heard of – Carter Page and George Papadopoulos were obscure prior to the scandal being uncovered – and quite another to listen in on phone calls of a rival presidential candidate. All the quibbling about AG Barr’s use of the word “spy” would melt away if the DOJ finds proof.

It would also finally vindicate the much-derided claim that Trump made in a 2017 tweet:

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TRUMP's TWEET ON MARCH 2017:

Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017

 

[Telepathic Intruder]

You’d think the President should be able to find out who the DOJ is wiretapping. It’s becoming a rogue agency.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They are ALL rogue agencies.

The time to refresh the tree is at hand.

[Boogieman]

“We’re trying to figure out whether they listened to my calls.”

If Trump goes on Hannity to say he’s trying to figure it out, then he already knows they did it. He’s just slow playing them.

[Jacquerie]

Comey was asked by a congressional committee if Obama had tapped Trump’s phone. Of course, Bammy himself didn’t do it, so Comey of course replied, “no.”