Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., called Sunday for President Donald Trump to either prove his claim that President Barack Obama tapped the phones in Trump Tower during last year’s election campaign or drop the accusation.
Sens. Lindsey O. Graham, R-S.C., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., formally requested the information last week in a letter to FBI Director James B. Comey and acting deputy attorney general Dana Boente. Trump administration officials have not provided any evidence to back up the president’s claim from earlier this month.
McCain avoided directly criticizing Trump for using Twitter to spread unverified information, but the senator said a serious charge, such as accusing a former president of illegal wiretapping, should not be handled lightly.
“If the allegation is left out there, it undermines the confidence the American people have in the entire way that the government does business,” McCain said.
Several lawmakers, including McCain and Senate Rules Committee Chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., have pointed out that Trump could directly ask intelligence officials to corroborate his claim but instead has asked Congress to investigate.
Not all Republicans have been so quick to put the burden of proof on Trump. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., agreed with Trump that Congress should take control of the investigation to safeguard sensitive intelligence.
“Through a deliberate and careful process of examining all the intelligence at issue here, and then determining with the executive branch what we can declassify, I think the intelligence committees are in the best position to make those decisions,” the senator added.
Mr Mcain – when your “cronies” will release the Russian proof of Trump’s association , not just in pictures like the one of Pelosi with Putin, or NoBama with Putin or all other DemocRATS with Putinn , then you can go after the spying proof.