Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer just tweeted yuge news:
(1/4) Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling.
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 5, 2017
(2/4) President Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 5, 2017
(3/4) exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016.
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 5, 2017
(4/4) Neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted.
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 5, 2017
Wow. You can bet the press won’t let them get away with not commenting… or not actually. Who knows. So I guess he’s taking this wiretapping stuff seriously? And will Congress jump through his hoops? Exciting times….
UPDATE:
Jake Tapper points out what this means:
.@PressSec suggests WH will not provide evidence to back up president's claim or even comment further pic.twitter.com/wtlzag9jGF
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 5, 2017
So he won’t say why he believes he was wiretapped, and passes the buck onto Congress.