Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. This is McCarthyism!” He continued the allegation against former President Barack Obama in other tweets but offered no evidence. The request for evidence by Monday was made in a letter sent to the Justice Department by the House committee chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a senior congressional aide said Saturday. Early this past week, Schiff said the committee would answer the president’s call to investigate the claim. Declaring that Congress “must get to the bottom” of Trump’s claim, Sens.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2017 07:13 UTC