Obama denies Trump claim he wiretapped him during campaign

By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spokesman for Barack Obama on Saturday rejected claims from U.S. President Donald Trump that the former president had wiretapped him in October during the late stages of the presidential election campaign.Any suggestion otherwise is simply false," Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement.Trump had suggested Obama had improperly tapped his phones, without citing evidence, in a series of tweets on Saturday morning.