In law enforcement, a wiretap is a wiretap, and you need a warrant to get one and it lets you listen in on the substance of the conversation, and it's a term of art and it's one that we intend to run down.
Senator Whitehouse clarifies the legal definition of a wiretap in response to President Trump's statements.
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