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    The White House Declines to Substantiate Trump's Wiretapping Claims

    A day after the Trump charges “Nixon/Watergate” level misconduct by his predecessor, the administration says that “neither the White House nor the president will comment further.”
    by Yoni Appelbaum Mar 05, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    A day after President Donald Trump charged that President Obama had tapped his phones in advance of the November election, his spokesperson indicated that the White House did not intend to offer any evidence to substantiate that remarkable claim—and would not be offering further comment in the near future.

    The statement capped 24 hours of intense speculation, as the administration and its allies sought to shift the focus of attention from reported contacts between Trump aides and Russia, to questions about

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