President Donald Trump claimed former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign in a series of tweets Saturday morning.
He's sticking to his claim despite denials from a spokesperson for President Obama, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and a plea from F.B.I. director James Comey, asking the Justice department to publicly reject Trump's assertion. Why is Trump returning to his birther-style attackson Obama?
While claims of wiretapping burned up the news this weekend, President Trump and Congress have delayed, suspended or reversed more than ninety regulationsin the weeks since Trump took office. Is this what Trump team chief strategist meant last month when he talked of "the destruction of the administrative state."
Also: The White House has proposed cutting the EPA budgetby about twenty percent.
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- Jon Schwarz- Writes for The Intercept, an online publication of First Look Media. He has contributed to many outlets including The New York Times and Saturday Night Live
- Adrienne LaFrance- Staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers technology
- Binyamin Appelbaum- Washington correspondent for the New York Times
- Brady Dennis - National reporter for the Washington Post
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