Fact check: Trump’s evidence for Obama wiretap claims relies on sketchy, anonymously sourced reports

By Glenn Kessler,  The Washington Post
“How low has President Obama gone to tapp (sic) my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”-President Trump, tweet, March 4, 2017
“Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling.”-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, statement, March 5
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President Donald Trump’s explosive allegation that for