Trump wire-tapping claims ‘simply false’ – Obama spokesman

ដកស្រង់ចេញពីសារព័ត៌មានអង់គ្លេស (BBC) ចេញផ្សាយនៅថ្ងៃទី៥ ខែមិនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។

President Donald Trump’s accusation that his predecessor ordered his phones to be tapped is “simply false”, Barack Obama’s spokesman has said.

Kevin Lewis said that “neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen“.
Mr Trump had tweeted: “Terrible! Just found out Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!”
He gave no details to back the claim.

In his statement, Mr Lewis said a “cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice”.

The statement left open the possibility that a judicial investigation was taking place.

Earlier Ben Rhodes, who was Mr Obama’s foreign policy adviser and speechwriter, also addressed Mr Trump’s claims in a tweet, saying: “No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.”

Mr Trump, who is at his Florida resort, fired off a series of tweets from just after 06:30 local time (11:30 GMT) on Saturday.
He called the alleged tapping “a new low” and said “This is Nixon/Watergate” – referring to the most notorious political scandal of 1972, which led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon after a web of political spying, sabotage and bribery was exposed by the media.

McCarthyism, which Mr Trump referred to in one of the first posts, relates to the persecution of US Communists and their allies led by Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s.

Vocabulary (វាក្យសព្ទ)

Spokesman /ˈspəʊks.mən/ ( N ) someone who is chosen by a group or organizationto speak officially to the public for them. ( អ្នកនាំពាក្យ )

citizen /ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/ (N) a person who is a member of a particular country and who lives in a particular town or city.( ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ )

Victory /ˈvɪk.tər.i/ (N) an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you have won. ( ជ័យជំនះ)

White House /ˈwaɪt ˌhaʊs/ (N) the official Washington home of the US president.(សេតវិមាន)

Investigation /ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ (N) the act or process of examining a crime, problem,statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth.(ការស៊ើបអង្កេត)

Policy /ˈpɒl.ə.si/ (N​)​​ a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations.( គោលនយោបាយ )

Scandal /ˈskæn.dəl/ (N) an action or event that causes a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval.(រឿងអាស្រូវ)

bribery /ˈbrɑɪ·bə·ri/ (N)the crime of giving someone money or something else of value, often illegally, to persuade that person to do something you want.(ការសូកប៉ាន់)

Ally /ˈæl.aɪ/ (N) a country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one, especially during a war.(សម្ព័ន្ធមិត្ត)

Senator /ˈsen.ə.tər/ (N) a politician who has been elected to a Senate.(សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភា)