Allegations of Barack Obama spying on Donald Trump

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As part of a larger conspiracy theory, Donald Trump falsely posited that Barack Obama had spied on him, which Trump described as "the biggest political crime in American history, by far." The series of accusations have been nicknamed Obamagate. Obama had served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 until 2017, when Trump succeeded him; Trump served as the 45th president until 2021 (first presidency) and later he was re-elected in 2024 as the 47th president (second presidency). During key points of the 2020 campaign, including the Republican National Convention and both presidential debates, Trump frequently repeated this theory, falsely claiming "they spied on my campaign" in reference to these allegations. The specific allegations of inappropriate politically motivated surveillance or "spying" all involve the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Crossfire Hurricane investigation of the Trump campaign and transition and their ties to Russia. No evidence has been found that...

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