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Trump says it’s looking ever more like his campaign spied upon illegally

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday it was looking more and more like his campaign for the 2016 presidential election had been illegally spied upon.Trump issued the tweet after saying documents about his former presidential campaign adviser Carter Page confirmed with little doubt that the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation had misled the courts.The FBI released documents on Saturday related to the surveillance of Page as part of an investigation into whether he conspired with the Russian government to undermine the election.Page has denied being an agent of the Russian government and has not been charged with any crime. In his tweets, Trump also took aim at defeated Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, her party’s governing body."Looking more & more like the Trump Campaign for President was illegally being spied upon surveillance for the political gain of Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC," he said, referring to the Democratic National Committee."Republicans must get tough now. An illegal Scam!" Referring to the Carter Page documents, he said: "As usual they are ridiculously heavily redacted but confirm with little doubt that the Department of “Justice” and FBI misled the courts.Witch Hunt Rigged, a Scam! "The 412 pages, mostly heavily redacted, included surveillance applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and warrants surrounding the investigation into Page.

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