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| Trump accuses Obama of embedding spy in his campaign while citing no evidence, in misspelled early morning tweet | |
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| Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama and the FBI of using an "imbedded (sic) informant" to spy on his presidential campaign. | Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama and the FBI of using an "imbedded (sic) informant" to spy on his presidential campaign. |
| The US president made the claim, without any supporting evidence, following an earlier tweet branding the special counsel investigation into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia "the greatest witch hunt in American history". | |
| "Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN IMBEDDED INFORMANT,” Mr Trump wrote on Twitter. | |
| Citing a former federal prosecutor being interviewed on Fox News earlier on Thursday morning, the president continued: "Andrew McCarthy says, 'There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.' If so, this is bigger than Watergate!" | |
| Mr Trump's latest outburst comes amid renewed focus on the 71-year-old's presidential campaign, following revelations about a secret FBI interview with an Australian ambassador who met a former Trump campaign aide in 2016. | |
| Of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, Mr Trump said: "Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History... and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction. | |
| "The only Collusion was that done by Democrats who were unable to win an Election despite the spending of far more money!" | |
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