Trump asks to find out if Obama listened to him

US President Donald Trump asks to find out whether the administration of the previous President Barack Obama listened to his conversations during the election race. It is reported by Reuters. The corresponding request Trump sent to Congress on Sunday; He wants the situation to be studied in the framework of the emerged parliamentary investigation on the influence of Russia on the course of the American elections.

On the eve of Trump wrote on his Twitter that Obama ordered to listen to telephone conversations at Trump Tower, where the candidate was located, as well as in his New York apartment. The president did not give any evidence confirming such a statement.

The press secretary of the White House Sean Spicer, commenting on Trump's request to Congress, assured that the president and his administration would not give any additional comments before the deputies publication of their conclusion. At the same time, the official noted that "messages regarding possible politically motivated investigations immediately before the 2016 elections are very worried."

Josh Ernest, who was the press secretary of the White House at Obama, rejected the accusations by the current head of state, emphasizing that the US president has no right to give the FBI instructions for wiretapping citizens. Former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, in turn, assured that Trump was not listening.

According to American laws, Reuters notes, only a federal judge can give permission to wiretap with reasonable suspicions that the object is an agent of a foreign state.

Meanwhile, representatives of the Opposition Democratic Party, to which the former President Obama belongs, say that by his request, the current owner of the White House wants to divert attention from his possible connections with Russia. The Trump administration, stated in the opposition, is worried about both the interest in the FBI issue and the investigation conducted by the congressmen.