In his demand for an investigation, White House press secretary Sean Spicer did not provide any evidence for the president’s claims, but said reports about “potentially politically motivated investigations” were “very troubling”. “Neither the White House nor the president will comment further until such oversight is conducted,” Spicer concluded. “There is no Fisa court order?” Todd pressed, alluding to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) court, which approves sensitive surveillance requests. “Neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen,” Lewis said. Despite Spicer’s pledge that the White House would not comment, deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders appeared on the ABC program This Week.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2017 15:05 UTC