17.03.2017 - 08:22 [ Daily Mail ]

Britain‘s GCHQ makes rare public statement to dismiss ‚utterly ridiculous‘ White House claim Obama might have asked UK spies to give him transcripts of Trump‘s calls

– Just before Sean Spicer was to take questions from reporters, Senate Intelligence Committee chiefs affirmed a lack of evidence for wiretapping
– ABC News‘ Jon Karl attempted to question Spicer about their statement and similar comments that were made yesterday by heads of the House Intel panel
– In a long dressing down, Spicer pointed to a March 14 Fox & Friends broadcast and quoted Judge Andrew Napolitano
– Napolitano said he had three sources telling him that Obama used Britain‘s GCHQ intelligence agency to spy on Trump
– GCHQ said the claims are ‚utterly ridiculous and should be ignored‘