The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said in a joint statement Thursday they have seen no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim about Trump Tower being wiretapped.
“Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016,” Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) said.
Their statement comes a day after leaders of the House Intelligence Committee also cast doubt on Trump’s claim.
Trump tweeted earlier this month that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, likening it to “McCarthyism.”
FBI Director James Comey is expected to be asked to clear up the issue when he appears Monday for a public hearing before the House panel.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/senate-intelligence-leaders-no-indications-of-trump-tower-surveillance-236138