The US Justice Department may be close to throwing cold water on Trump's wiretapping claims
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Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California and House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes, a Republican, both indicated to CNN on Friday that they do not believe the DOJ's report backs up Trump's wiretapping allegations.
"There's really no question about this. The president's statements before, and his tweets since leading right up today, have no basis in fact," Schiff said. The bipartisan committee issued a statement earlier this week to that effect, saying it sees "no indications" that Trump was wiretapped.
Leaders from the House and Senate Intelligence Committees asked the Justice Department for evidence after Trump called for a congressional inquiry into his as-yet-unproven wiretapping claims. On Monday, the DOJ asked for more time to compile its report, and it was given until March 20 to deliver it - the same day of a scheduled hearing on the matter.
Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement to CNN that the department "has complied with the request from leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and Judiciary Committees seeking information related to surveillance during the 2016 election." Flores did not comment on the contents of the report.
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