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Nunes' Information Does Not Support Trump's Wiretapping Claims - Lawmaker

© AP Photo / Pablo Martinez MonsivaisHouse Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Congressman Adam Schiff said that the findings of Devin Nunes concerning surveillance of President Donald Trump do not prove the latter's claims that former President Barack Obama ordered that Trump be wiretapped.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. gives reporters an update about the ongoing Russia investigation adding that President Donald Trump's campaign communications may have been monitored during the transition period as part of an incidental collection, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. - Sputnik International
House Intel Chair: Some Surveillance of Trump Team 'Appears Inappropriate'
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The recent findings of US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes concerning surveillance of President Donald Trump do not prove the latter's claims that former President Barack Obama ordered that Trump be wiretapped, Congressman Adam Schiff said in a press release on Wednesday.

"Because the Committee has still not been provided the intercepts in the possession of the Chairman, it is impossible to evaluate the Chairman's claims," Schiff, a Democrat and ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, stated. "It certainly does not suggest — in any way — that the President was wiretapped by his predecessor."

"The chairman also shared this information with the White House before providing it to the committee, another profound irregularity, given the matter is currently under investigation," Schiff stated.

"If you have a chairman who is interacting with the White House… when people around the White House are the subject of the investigation," Schiff told reporters on Wednesday. "It throws a profound doubt whether that can be done credibly."

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