Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos repeatedly interrupted his interview with White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday to debunk her "simply not true" statements.
Sanders was attempting to defend President Trump's allegations that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower by calling the storyline "pretty widely [reported] by quite a few outlets." "I've got to stop you," Stephanopoulos cut in. "That is simply not true … Not a single one of those articles backs it up. So what is the president's evidence?"
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