Do You Believe That Obama Illegally Wiretapped President Trump?

They were ostensibly Donald Trump's most striking cases to date: a progression of tweets, blaming then-President Barack Obama for wiretapping Trump Tower amid the race. 

They were not went down by any proof, and Mr Obama's representative and previous US insight boss James Clapper denied that any wiretap had been requested. 

President Trump asked Congress to research, close by its ebb and flow examinations concerning assertions of Russian hacking amid the decision. Yet at the same time no confirmation has developed. 

FBI Executive James Comey out of the blue on Monday affirmed to the House Knowledge Board that the office is examining conceivable connections amongst Russia and Mr Trump's partners as a component of a more extensive investigation into Moscow's obstruction in a year ago's decision. 

He additionally questioned Mr Trump's wiretapping claims. 

"Concerning the president's tweets about claimed wiretapping coordinated at him by the earlier organization, I have no data that backings those tweets, and we have glimpsed painstakingly inside the FBI," he told the board. 

After Mr Trump's tweets prior this month, the New York Times cited anonymous senior authorities detailing that Mr Comey had said the claim was false and had asked the equity division to openly dismiss it. 

Mr Clapper said the knowledge offices he had managed did not wiretap Mr Trump a year ago, and nor did the FBI acquire a court request to screen Mr Trump's telephones. 

As knowledge executive, he enlightened NBC, he would have known concerning a "court arrange on something like this". 

This is a reference to the US Outside Knowledge Reconnaissance Court, which can concede wiretaps on the grounds of national security.