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Dem rep: Trump should back up wiretapping claim or apologize to Obama

By Rebecca Savransky - 03/06/17 11:47 AM EST
Dem rep: Trump should back up wiretapping claim or apologize to Obama
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Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) is calling for President Trump to back up his claim that former President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaDem rep: Trump should back up wiretapping claim or apologize to Obama Trump issues revised travel ban Sanders: Trump can't continue to 'lie, lie, lie' MORE wiretapped Trump Tower before the election or apologize to his predecessor.

"President Trump should back up his wire tapping claim immediately or apologize to President Obama and the nation," Castro tweeted Monday. 

"I've seen no evidence."
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Trump, citing no evidence, claimed on Saturday morning that Obama had his phones tapped in Trump Tower before his presidential victory.
 
Trump questioned whether it was legal for a sitting president to be "'wire tapping' a race for president prior to an election."
 
"How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process," the president tweeted. "This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!"
 
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Sunday called the reports about "potentially politically motivated investigations" before the 2016 presidential election "very troubling."

In a series of tweets, he said the president is "requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigation powers were abused in 2016."

FBI Director James Comey asked the Justice Department to publicly reject Trump's claims, according to a New York Times report.

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