Sen. Jeff Merkley: Trump ‘should apologize’ for wiretapping claim

Published March 9, 2017 12:32pm ET



Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Thursday that President Trump should apologize to Congress and the American people for putting forward the “fiction” that President Obama ordered his phones to be tapped during the campaign.

“If the administration can’t supply any information to Congress of evidence, I think it’s going to quickly be set aside,” Merkley said on CNN.

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