Justice Dossier Said Unlikely to Sway Lawmakers on Trump Wiretap
- Lawmakers’ view there was no surveillance said to get support
- Classified documents sent to Capitol by Justice Department
Spicer Says Trump Stands by Wiretapping Claim
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A classified dossier the Justice Department sent to Congress isn’t likely to change the position of key lawmakers that there’s no evidence that President Donald Trump was placed under surveillance last year by his predecessor, according to a U.S. official.
The department sent documents to Capitol Hill late Friday in response to letters from lawmakers demanding answers to a range of sensitive questions, including whether there was evidence Trump Tower was “wiretapped” by the Obama administration, as the president suggested last week. The official, who’s familiar with the documents, asked not to be identified discussing the sensitive material.