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Nunes claims some Trump transition messages were intercepted

House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif

The move gave cover to the White House but was rebuked by top Democrats.

By AUSTIN WRIGHT

03/22/17 01:19 PM EDT
Updated 03/22/17 06:48 PM EDT

House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes declared Wednesday that members of Donald Trump’s transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under inadvertent surveillance following November’s presidential election.

The White House and Trump’s allies immediately seized on the statement as vindication of the president’s much-maligned claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower phones — even though Nunes himself said that’s not what his new information shows.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/devin-nunes-donald-trump-surveillance-obama-236366

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Nunes: Trump transition members were under surveillance during Obama administration

House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif

By AUSTIN WRIGHT

03/22/17 01:19 PM EDT
Updated 03/22/17 02:36 PM EDT

Members of the Donald Trump transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under U.S. government surveillance following November’s presidential election, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) told reporters Wednesday.

Nunes said the surveillance appeared to be legal but that he was concerned because it was not related to the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the election and was widely disseminated across the intelligence community.

“I have seen intelligence reports that clearly show that the president-elect and his team were, I guess, at least monitored,” Nunes told reporters. “It looks to me like it was all legally collected, but it was essentially a lot of information on the president-elect and his transition team and what they were doing.”

Nunes said he is heading to the White House later Wednesday to brief Trump on what he has learned, which he said came from “sources who thought that we should know it.” He said he was trying to get more information by Friday from the FBI, CIA and NSA.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/devin-nunes-donald-trump-surveillance-obama-236366