(CNN) Less than 24 hours after Attorney General William Barr pronounced himself convinced that there was "spying" on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the President himself addressed the issue, and -- as is his way -- took it even further than Barr had.

Here's Trump:

"There was absolutely spying into my campaign. I'll go a step further: In my opinion, it was illegal spying, unprecedented spying, and something that should never be allowed to happen in our country again. And I think his answer was actually a very accurate one. And a lot of people saw that, and a lot of people understand -- many, many people understand the situation and want to be open to that situation. Hard to believe it could have happened, but it did. There was spying in my campaign."

So. A day after the chief law enforcement official in the country suggested, without evidence, that there was "spying" on the President's campaign, the President himself, without evidence, suggested that there was not only spying but that it was "illegal" and "unprecedented."

There's something unprecedented here, but it's not what Trump is suggesting.

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