Justice Department Has Until Monday to Back Up Trump's Wiretapping Claims About Obama
Justice Department Has Until Monday to Back Up Trump's Wiretapping Claims About Obama
Alan Neuhauser - U.S. News & World Report
Today's the day.
The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline to back up the president's incendiary claim – offered without proof – that Trump Tower was wiretapped under President Barack Obama's orders during the 2016 election campaign.
Top lawmakers on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to the Justice Department last week, requesting the agency turn over any evidence that might support the accusation, which President Donald Trump made on Twitter on March 4.
Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, echoed the committee's call Sunday, telling CNN in an interview Sunday, "The president has one of two choices, either retract or provide the information that the American people deserve."
FBI Director James Comey reportedly asked the Justice Department to rebut Trump's claim hours after the president's stringoftweets.
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Alan Neuhauser - U.S. News & World Report
Today's the day.
The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline to back up the president's incendiary claim – offered without proof – that Trump Tower was wiretapped under President Barack Obama's orders during the 2016 election campaign.
Top lawmakers on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to the Justice Department last week, requesting the agency turn over any evidence that might support the accusation, which President Donald Trump made on Twitter on March 4.
Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, echoed the committee's call Sunday, telling CNN in an interview Sunday, "The president has one of two choices, either retract or provide the information that the American people deserve."
FBI Director James Comey reportedly asked the Justice Department to rebut Trump's claim hours after the president's stringoftweets.
READ MORE: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jus...
