Clapper: ‘No such wiretap’ against Trump ‘at any time’

Published March 5, 2017 5:25pm ET



Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday said President Trump’s claim that the Obama administration wiretapped his campaign’s phone conversations was false.

Clapper told NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd: “There was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect, at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign,” at least for the portion of the national security sector that he oversaw.

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