Story highlights McCain said Trump can and should clear up his wiretapping claimHe said he expects more 'shoes to drop' regarding RussiaWashington (CNN) Sen. John McCain said Sunday that President Donald Trump should either retract or substantiate his claim that President Barack Obama wire-tapped him in the final weeks of the presidential campaign and added he expects more to come on Russia's meddling in the US election. McCain said on CNN's "State of the Union" that he had "no reason to believe" Trump's allegation, which the President has not supported with any evidence and which a White House official said was prompted by a Breitbart article. "I have no reason to believe that the charge is true, but I also believe that the President of the United States could clear this up in a minute," McCain told anchor Jake Tapper. "All he has to do is pick up the phone, call the director of the CIA, director of national intelligence and say, 'OK, what happened?'" Through his spokesman, Obama denied Trump's accusation, as have other current and former national security figures.

Source: CNN March 12, 2017 17:03 UTC