Trump asks Congress to investigate wiretapping allegations

TIL Desk World/ US/ United States President Donald Trump has asked Congress to investigate the allegations of him being wiretapped by his predecessor Barack Obama before the 2016 elections, the White House said on Sunday.

“President Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the Congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.

Spicer said reports concerning “potentially politically motivated investigations” immediately ahead of the November election are “very troubling”. “Neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted,” Spicer said a day after Trump alleged that Obama had ordered for his wiretapping at the Trump Towers just before the presidential elections. The allegations, which has created a political storm in the US, has been denied by Obama’s spokesperson Kevin Lewis.