The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate intelligence committee have rubbished Donald Trump’s incendiary claim that Barack Obama placed Trump Tower under surveillance. House intelligence chiefs: we have seen no evidence for Trump's wiretap claim Read moreBurr and Warner helm one of the congressional committees investigating ties to Russia by Trump’s associates. Their counterparts on the House intelligence committee, the Republican Devin Nunes and the Democrat Adam Schiff, both of California, announced the same conclusion on Wednesday. Accordingly, Trump’s claim entailed an accusation that Obama and the security services had committed a felony. The House speaker, Paul Ryan, backed the findings of the intelligence committees, saying he had “seen no evidence” of Trump’s allegation against Obama.

Source: The Guardian March 16, 2017 19:16 UTC