LIVE STREAM: FBI Director James Comey Testifies To Congress On Trump Wiretap Claim
James Comey,Charlie Baker
FBI Director James Comey, middle, smiles after a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Chelsea, Mass., Tuesday, March 7, 2017, to mark the opening of new offices of the FBI"s Boston division. At far left is Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (Elise Amendola)
FBI Director James Comey says the FBI and Justice Department have no information to substantiate President Donald Trump"s claims that former President Barack Obama wiretapped him before the election.
Comey says no individual can order surveillance of an American. He says courts grant this permission after a rigorous application process.
Comey was testifying before the House intelligence committee. Comey said the Justice Department also asked him to share with the committee that the answer also applies to the Justice Department and its various components. The Justice Department oversees the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
Separately, Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, is denying that the British intelligence community was ever asked to conduct electronic surveillance on President Donald Trump at the behest of former President Obama.
Earlier this month, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer referred to unsubstantiated allegations made by a Fox News analyst that GCHQ, the British electronic intelligence agency, had helped Obama wiretap Trump. The British intelligence agency flatly denied it happened.
The ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, asked Rogers if he thought it was "utterly ridiculous" that anyone in the U.S. would ask British spies to do surveillance on a presidential candidate. Rogers said it was and added that he had seen nothing at the NSA that would indicate that happened.
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Source: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/fbis_james_comey_says_no_evide.html
