05.03.2017 - 16:37 [ Bloomberg ]

Clapper Denies Trump Wiretap as White House Demands a Probe

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Sunday there was no wiretap activity against President Donald Trump or his campaign by the Obama administration, as Trump suggested on Saturday, and no court order allowing it.

“I can deny it,” Clapper, weeks removed from serving in the federal government, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday when asked whether he could confirm or deny a court order allowing for eavesdropping at Trump Tower in New York.