President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated a claim that United Kingdom's intelligence service helped former President Barack Obama spy on his 2016 campaign and said he can't wait until 'the truth comes out.'
The president cited a report from former CIA analyst Larry Johnson - best known for peddling a hoax about Michelle Obama - on the conservative One America News Network.
'"Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson accuses United Kingdom Intelligence of helping Obama Administration Spy on the 2016 Trump Presidential Campaign."' @OANN WOW! It is now just a question of time before the truth comes out, and when it does, it will be a beauty!,' he tweeted.
Johnson has long claimed the British helped Obama's administration help spy on Trump - a charge the United Kingdom has denied.
President Donald Trump repeated a claim that United Kingdom's intelligence service helped former President Barack Obama spy on his 2016 campaign
Johnson is best known for spreading a hoax about Michelle Obama, seen here with President Obama at the White House in September 2009
Trump's accusation comes the day after the White House announced the first couple will make a state visit to the United Kingdom in June.
The White House has touted Johnson's claim before and infuriated the British over it.
In March 2017 Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano charged the U.K. with spying on Trump - an accusation the White House seized upon and repeated.
Napolitano claimed The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) wiretapped Trump's campaign on behalf of Obama.
Then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer repeated the charge from the podium during one of his briefings, drawing outrage from the British.
A spokesperson for the British intelligence agency called the claims 'utterly ridiculous.'
'They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored,' the spokesperson said in a rare statement on intelligence activities.
The president was asked about it during a March 17, 2017 press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
'We said nothing. All we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television, I didn't make an opinion on it. You shouldn't be talking to me. You should be talking to
