Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on March 7 that reporters shouldn't take President Trump's tweets "literally" because he's a "neophyte to politics." But Nunes doesn't seem particularly worried that the current president accused the former president of a crime. Echoing so many Republican defenses of Trump's tweets, he suggested Tuesday that Trump's allegation simply shouldn't be taken at face value. But at the end of the day, I think tweets are a very transparent way for a politician of any rank to communicate with their constituents. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017Here's what happened after President Trump fired off a tweet accusing former president Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower before the 2016 election.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2017 14:42 UTC