<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s claim that Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower has been treated with derision. This week, a former congressman suggested that Trump&rsquo;s claim isn&rsquo;t so far-fetched.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I can vouch for the fact that extracurricular surveillance does occur, regardless of whether it is officially approved,&rdquo; said former congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), explaining that the phone in his congressional office was tapped in 2011. ;</p>
<p>He found out about the incident two years later when the <em>Washington Times</em> let him listen to a recording of a conversation he had with a high-ranking member of the Libyan government. &ldquo;There are people who are saying, about President Trump&rsquo;s claim, &#8216;oh it could never happen.&#8217; Well, frankly it happened to me,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Kucinich had prior approval to speak with the Libyan official, ;but had no idea that his conversation was being monitored. &ldquo;If they can do that to a member of congress, they can certainly do it to a presidential candidate. And they can do it to private citizens as well.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kucinich filed a series of FOIA requests, but he still doesn&#8217;t know who recorded the call or how it got to the <em>Times. ;</em>The newspaper&rsquo;s story referenced &ldquo;secret audio recordings recovered from Tripoli,&rdquo; but Kucinich believes the recording was made by an American intelligence agency. ;</p>
<p>Last month, he accused the intel community of scheming against Michael Flynn to reignite the Cold War. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I have never gone public with this story, but when I saw the derision with which President Trump&rsquo;s claims were greeted &ndash; and notwithstanding our political differences &ndash; I felt I should share my experience,&rdquo; said Kucinich.</p>
<p>Kucinich served as a House Rep. for the state of Ohio for 16 years (1997-2013). He currently works for <em>Fox News</em> as a contributor, commentator, and analyst. Kucinich&rsquo;s story follows last Tuesday&rsquo;s worrisome WikiLeaks dump that suggests the CIA left Americans vulnerable to spying.</p>