While the White House on Tuesday stood by Donald Trump’s assertion that he was wiretapped by Barack Obama during the 2016 presidential campaign, top Republicans on Capitol Hill provided little support to bolster his explosive and unsubstantiated claim. Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, also could not offer any proof of Trump’s allegations while speaking at a separate press conference. The president had merely posed a question about being wiretapped, Nunes argued, even as reporters said Trump’s statement had been far more definitive. “We should be able to determine in short order whether this accusation is true or false,” said Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee. Trump’s comments were not simply inflammatory – they alleged, without evidence, that Obama had broken the law.

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2017 01:23 UTC