The House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, has called on the FBI director to publicly dispute Donald Trump’s explosive and so far baseless claim that Barack Obama wiretapped phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential election. Yes, I do think he should say that, publicly,” Pelosi said during a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor on Friday morning. In private, however, it was reported that Comey had urged the justice department to refute Trump’s wiretapping claims. Despite broad opposition to the plan from influential conservative groups as well as medical groups, the White House is confident Republicans will succeed in shepherding the plan through Congress. He will sign it,” the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said on Thursday.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2017 17:57 UTC