On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he had not given Trump any reason to believe he was wiretapped by President Obama. Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House intelligence committee, said he had seen no information to support the claim and then went further. Lawmakers have since turned the question back toward the administration, asking the Justice Department to provide evidence of wiretapping activity. He said he is willing to testify before any congressional committee that holds its hearings “in public and not behind closed doors.”The House intelligence committee will begin holding public hearings on Monday. The White House appeared to be backing away from Trump’s claims on Monday, with spokesman Sean Spicer saying the president was referring to general surveillance that may have been approved by the Obama administration.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 15, 2017 21:11 UTC