The White House spent a good part of Monday fielding questions about President Trump's tweeted, unsubstantiated claims over the weekend that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped his Trump Tower phones before the election, and while Trump is getting support from Fox News, Republicans in Congress are either staying mum or saying they've seen no evidence to support Trump's explosive allegations. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Trump was wrong and FBI Director James Comey is widely reported to have asked the Justice Department to publicly rebut the allegations, without success.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday said the American people "have a right to know on what basis the president of the United States said that his predecessor had broken the law by wiretapping Trump Tower." "The dimensions of this are huge" and "unprecedented," he added. "I have never heard of a president of the United States accusing his predecessor or any other president of the United States of violating the law." Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) called Trump's accusation an unwelcome distraction. "He probably got it right today on the immigration order," he said. "The flesh is coming on the bones of ObamaCare repeal and replace. It just steps on policy stories."
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