wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism, and of course, that twitter storm ended with trump flat out calling his predecessor bad or sick. and quote, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones in the sacred election process? this is nixon watergate, bad or sick guy. look, i m a trial lawyer, and it occurs to me that the combination of those tweets is potentially defamatory the. not that i d expect pram to file suit, but game it out. if obama were to sue trump, trump a public figure, then obama s burden of proof is actual malice and he would have to show actual falsely or reckless regard for the troouchlt it would be reck lele for president trump to say that president obama commited a crime if president trump knew it to be false or that he was reckless in making the assertion, and of