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In early March 2017, President Trump announced the Obama had wiretapped his office during the campaign. The leftist mainstream media accused him of having no evidence for that claim,<ref>Shear, Michael D.; Schmidt, Michael S (March 4, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/us/politics/trump-obama-tap-phones.html?_r=0 Trump, Offering No Evidence, Says Obama Tapped His Phones]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.</ref> even though they contradicted themselves through earlier reports and showed themselves to be hypocrites.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (March 5, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/05/deepstategate-obama-trump-surveillance-fisa-investigation-russia/ DeepStateGate: Democrats’ ‘Russian Hacking’ Conspiracy Theory Backfires]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.</ref><ref>Hayward, John (March 5, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/05/trump-ends-innuendo-game-dealing/ DeepStateGate: Trump Ends the Wiretapping Innuendo Game by Dealing Himself In]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved March 5, 2017.</ref> President Trump requested Congress to investiage this.<ref>Weber, Joseph (March 5, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/05/trump-calls-for-congressional-probe-into-possible-wire-tapping-his-campaign.html Trump calls for congressional probe into possible wiretapping of his campaign]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.</ref>
In early March 2017, President Trump announced the Obama had wiretapped his office during the campaign. The leftist mainstream media accused him of having no evidence for that claim,<ref>Shear, Michael D.; Schmidt, Michael S (March 4, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/us/politics/trump-obama-tap-phones.html?_r=0 Trump, Offering No Evidence, Says Obama Tapped His Phones]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.</ref> even though they contradicted themselves through earlier reports and showed themselves to be hypocrites.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (March 5, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/05/deepstategate-obama-trump-surveillance-fisa-investigation-russia/ DeepStateGate: Democrats’ ‘Russian Hacking’ Conspiracy Theory Backfires]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.</ref><ref>Hayward, John (March 5, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/05/trump-ends-innuendo-game-dealing/ DeepStateGate: Trump Ends the Wiretapping Innuendo Game by Dealing Himself In]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved March 5, 2017.</ref> President Trump requested Congress to investiage this.<ref>Weber, Joseph (March 5, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/05/trump-calls-for-congressional-probe-into-possible-wire-tapping-his-campaign.html Trump calls for congressional probe into possible wiretapping of his campaign]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.</ref>
On March 22, 2017, GOP U.S. Representative [[Devin Nunes]] revealed that some of the Trump Team's conversations had been spied upon.<ref>Derespina, Cody (March 23, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/trump-basks-in-nunes-surveillance-news-so-that-means-im-right.html Trump basks in Nunes surveillance news: 'So that means I'm right']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref>
On March 22, 2017, GOP U.S. Representative [[Devin Nunes]] revealed that some of the Trump Team's conversations had been spied upon.<ref>Derespina, Cody (March 23, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/trump-basks-in-nunes-surveillance-news-so-that-means-im-right.html Trump basks in Nunes surveillance news: 'So that means I'm right']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref> On March 29, 2017, Evelyn Farkas, the deputy assistant secretary of defense under Obama, admitted that the Obama Administration attempted to gather as much intelligence as possible on Trump's alleged ties to Russia after the 2016 election and that it tried to hide their intelligence sources from the Trump Administration.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/29/former-obama-official-discloses-rush-to-get-intelligence-on-trump-team.html Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team]. ''Fox News''. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.</ref><ref>Poor, Jeff (March 29, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/29/fmr-obama-official-reveals-pre-inauguration-effort-to-gather-intel-on-incoming-trump-team/ Fmr Obama Official Reveals Pre-Inauguration Effort to Gather Intel on Incoming Trump Team]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2017.</ref>
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==See also==