Yes, it should be illegal, but it is not if permission is obtained from the FISA Court.
That is how and why the whole Russian theme came to be. In had to be substantial to get the FISA Court to authorize the wiretap.
The “crime” was not in getting the wiretap. Barky did it legally. The crime was using false information to substantiate and request it. Obama’s court denied it the first time and he narrowed the request (probably as advised) and resubmitted it.
JMO
Then Trump needs to investigate whether the Obama administration shared any wiretap information with John Podesta and the HRC campaign...this should become the new meme in the news.
Someone in the intelligence/law enforcement bureaucracy had a applied for a FISA warrant to tap the Trump people in June, It was turned down. Renewed and granted in October, I think. The details are out there. That’s what he’s talking about.
‘’The “crime” was not in getting the wiretap. Barky did it legally. The crime was using false information to substantiate and request it. Obama’s court denied it the first time and he narrowed the request (probably as advised) and resubmitted it.”
Ok, so did they use the meeting arranged by Valerie Jarrett between Sessions and the Russian Ambassador as the justification for their narrower FISA request, which was then granted? Does that time line fit?