Republican and Democratic officials alike said there was no indication of any such thing, and Mr. Trump’s promised investigation has so far led nowhere. PhotoNor was it the first time Mr. Trump leveled astonishing allegations against Mr. Obama. So when Mr. Trump became aware of the claims in the Breitbart article, aides said, they were appealing to him. Late Saturday morning, Mr. Trump’s aides spoke about how to get him to stop posting on Twitter, to avoid opening himself up to further problems. “Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling,” Mr. Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, said on Twitter.

Source: New York Times March 06, 2017 02:20 UTC