In one of the tweets, Trump said the alleged wire tapping took place in his Trump Tower skyscraper in New York, but there was "nothing found."How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
An Obama spokesperson later denied the allegations. "A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice," said Kevin Lewis speaking on behalf of the former president. The FBI has yet to release its own statement on the matter. A US Justice Department spokesperson also declined to comment.According to The New York Times, a sitting US president cannot legally order law enforcement agencies to spy on US citizens. That power rests only with federal law enforcement, which must first get the approval of a FISA ( Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) court judge.The White House has reportedly no intention of dropping the assertion, with Trump on Sunday demanding that US lawmakers investigate whether Obama had illegally ordered the FBI to spy on him during the 2016 presidential campaign.“President Donald J. Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.Spicer added that “neither the White House nor the president will comment further until such oversight is conducted.”Reuters contributed to this report.Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017