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FBI Director James Comey has 'no information' to support Trump's wiretap claims
FBI Director James Comey (l.) gestures during a hearing on Russian actions on March 20, 2017.
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CAMERON JOSEPH
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, March 20, 2017, 11:54 AM
WASHINGTON — President Trump's claims that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign aren't backed up by the facts, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey testified Monday morning.
"I have no information that supports those tweets and we have looked carefully inside the FBI," Comey said during testimony to the House Intelligence Committee.
That comment knocks down Trump's serious, and unfounded, accusation that President Obama directed intelligence operations to wiretap him during the campaign. The Trump White House has provided zero evidence that is true.
Comey also testified that the FBI is probing those possible connections as part of a wider investigation into Russian efforts to help Trump (pictured) win the 2016 presidential election.
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"How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!"
he tweeted earlier this month.
FBI investigating ties between Trump campaign and Russia
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said in his opening statement that he didn't think that Trump Tower was wiretapped - but promised to look into Trump's concerns about leaked releases of classified information.
Barack Obama was accused of wiretapping Trump.
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"I've been saying this for several weeks. We know there was no physical wiretap of Trump Tower. However, it is still possible that other surveillance activities were used against President Trump and his associates," he said, promising to both probe whether there were any ties
between Trump's campaign and Russia during the campaign and concerns about recent leaked confidential information.
The top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate Intelligence Committees have all said that there's no evidence that Trump was telling the truth with his wild claims, which were widely seen as a move to distract from questions about ties between Trump campaign officials and Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.
Comey also testified that the FBI is probing those possible connections as part of a wider investigation into Russian efforts to help Trump win the 2016 presidential election.