“I don’t want to do anything that’s going to violate any strength of an agency,” Trump replied. Carlson asked why, as president, Trump did not simply call intelligence officials to verify the claim. He said he meant there had been surveillance in a broader sense, even though he specifically mentioned Obama and wiretapping in several tweets. On March 6, Conway claimed that Trump, as president, had additional “information and intelligence” to back up his claim. On Wednesday, the House intelligence committee, chaired by Trump ally Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), announced that it had no evidence to support the president’s claim.

Source: Huffington Post March 16, 2017 14:30 UTC