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The president’s accusation that Barack Obama had ordered a covert wiretap on Trump Tower was still collapsing under the weight of denials, missing evidence, and bipartisan skepticism. On March 10, the story was no longer whether Trump had made a wild claim; it was whether anyone inside the government was willing to validate it. So far, they were not.
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The president’s accusation that Barack Obama had ordered a covert wiretap on Trump Tower was still collapsing under the weight of denials, missing evidence, and bipartisan skepticism. On March 10, the story was no longer whether Trump had made a wild claim; it was whether anyone inside the government was willing to validate it. So far, they were not.
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The president’s accusation that Barack Obama had ordered a covert wiretap on Trump Tower was still collapsing under the weight of denials, missing evidence, and bipartisan skepticism. On March 10, the story was no longer whether Trump had made a wild claim; it was whether anyone inside the government was willing to validate it. So far, they were not.
The president’s accusation that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower kept drawing denials and embarrassment, with the central problem unchanged: nobody had produced evidence.
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