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March 15, 2017

In a Repudiation of Trump, a Senior House Leader Rejects Wiretap Claim

By Sheila Samples

In a striking repudiation of President Trump, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, a Republican, said on Wednesday that he had seen no indication of Trump's claim on Twitter that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign. “We don’t have any evidence that took place," Representative Devin Nunes, Republican of California and chairman of the House Intelligence C ...

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Representative Devin Nunes
Representative Devin Nunes
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In a striking repudiation of President Trump, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, a Republican, said on Wednesday that he had seen no indication of Trump's claim on Twitter that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign. “We don’t have any evidence that took place," Representative Devin Nunes, Republican of California and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said at a news conference on Capitol Hill. “In fact, I don’t believe — in the last week of time, people we’ve talked to, I don’t think there was an actual tap of Trump Tower.” If Trump’s Twitter claim is to be taken literally, Nunes said, “then clearly the president is wrong.”

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Authors Bio:

Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.


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