The New York Times reports:
- FBI director James Comey, asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President Trump's assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr. Trump's phones, senior American officials said on Sunday
- Mr. Comey has argued that the highly charged claim is false and must be corrected, they said
- But the department has not released any such statement
- Mr. Comey made the request on Saturday
- Mr. Comey has been working to get the Justice Department to knock down Mr. Trump's claim because there is no evidence to support it and it insinuates that the F.B.I. broke the law, the officials said.
Adam had the news on Trump's allegations over the weekend, here:
Trump accuses Obama of tapping his phone
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The quote above is from the NYT piece, story still developing but this is the latest.
I expect we'll hear from the 'fake news' drongos soon ....
