British intelligence calls Trump’s spying accusation ‘utterly ridiculous’

Published April 24, 2019 6:27pm ET



A British intelligence agency shot down President Trump’s suggestion that United Kingdom intelligence helped “spy” on his campaign in 2016.

“As we have previously stated, the allegations that GCHQ was asked to conduct ‘wire tapping’ against the then-president elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored,” a spokesperson for the Government Communications Headquarters said in a statement to Newsweek. The statement is similar to the one the agency sent out two years ago in response to similar claims.

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