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    Revisiting Trump’s Wiretap Tweets

    CNN's report that federal investigators "wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort" has prompted some readers to ask why we don't "correct" our March 6 article "Examining Trump’s Wiretap Claim." Simply put, there is nothing to correct at this time. The post Revisiting Trump’s Wiretap Tweets appeared first on FactCheck.org.
    by Eugene Kiely Sep 22, 2017 4 minutes

    CNN’s report that federal investigators “wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort” has prompted some readers to ask why we don’t “correct” our March 6 article “Examining Trump’s Wiretap Claim.” Simply put, there is nothing to correct at this time.

    Let’s start at the beginning.

    In four tweets on March 4, President Donald Trump alleged “President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!” Trump called this a “fact,” and compared the alleged wiretapping to the criminal acts of “Nixon/Watergate.”

    Here are Trump’s tweets:

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