Adam Schiff: ‘Zero validation’ for Trump’s wiretap claim

Published March 24, 2017 5:27pm ET



Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said he believes the documents revealed earlier in the week by Chairman Devin Nunes are more than likely collected from “incidental” surveillance, and therefore, the president’s claims of being “wiretapped” are 100 percent wrong.

“So, I assume without knowing any better, that what the chairman is talking about is he’s looked at communications that were incidentally collected, that is not targeted at the president,” Schiff told reporters. “So, no defense for the president, not a full validation or vindication of the president, not a partial validation of the president, a zero validation of the president, even if you accept what the chairman has said.”

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