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| Senate intelligence panel rejects Trump wiretap claim | |
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| There are "no indications" that Trump Tower was under surveillance by the US government before or after the election, a Senate committee has said. | There are "no indications" that Trump Tower was under surveillance by the US government before or after the election, a Senate committee has said. |
| The statement from Republican Senator Richard Burr, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, dismissed Donald Trump's claim his phones were tapped. | The statement from Republican Senator Richard Burr, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, dismissed Donald Trump's claim his phones were tapped. |
| Mr Trump had accused his predecessor Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower during the presidential race. | Mr Trump had accused his predecessor Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower during the presidential race. |
| Mr Burr joins a cadre of lawmakers who have rejected the allegation. | Mr Burr joins a cadre of lawmakers who have rejected the allegation. |
| Earlier on Thursday, House Speaker Paul Ryan also said "no such wiretap existed". | |
| "The intelligence committees, in their continuing, widening, ongoing investigations of all things Russia, got to the bottom - at least so far with respect to our intelligence community - that no such wiretap existed," Mr Ryan said at a news conference. | |
| Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee Devin Nunes said on Wednesday he doesn't believe "there was an actual tap of Trump Tower". | |
| But Mr Trump stood by his unverified allegations on Wednesday, telling Fox News a "wiretap covers a lot of different things". | |
| He also hinted that more details about the alleged surveillance could be revealed in the coming weeks. | |
| "Wiretap covers a lot of different things. I think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks," he said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday night. | |
| No evidence of wiretapping, according to: | |
| Mr Trump echoed comments from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who said the president used the word "wiretap" in quotes to broadly refer to "surveillance and other activities". | |
| The White House has yet to provide any evidence of the president's claims, and instead has asked Congress to examine the allegation as part of a wider investigation into alleged Russian interference in last year's election. |