DOJ Inspector General disproves Pres.Trump’s claims that FBI wiretapped Trump Tower

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General refuted multiple claims by President Donald Trump that former President Barack Obama ordered the wiretapping of Trump Tower.

On Wednesday, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding his report on the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Trump-Russia probe.

One of the issues asked during the hearing was the Pres. Trump’s accusations that the FBI wiretapped the Trump Tower and planted spies at the Trump campaign in 2016.

During the hearing, the DOJ Inspector General said he did not find any evidence that the FBI tapped phones at Trump Tower or planted or informants at the Trump campaign.

Below are some of the exchanges between Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Horowitz regarding the matter:

Blumenthal: Did you find any evidence that the FBI tapped the phones at Trump Tower?
Horowitz: No. The only wiretapping or the only surveillance we found was what’s   laid out here.
Blumenthal:  Did you find any evidence that the FBI planted informants in the Trump campaign?”
Horowitz: No.