GOP congressman: Trump owes Obama an apology over 'reckless' wiretap claims
Source: RawStory
BRAD REED
17 MAR 2017 AT 11:35 ET
Multiple Republican congressmen have now said that there is no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower — and now one of them is calling on Trump to apologize.
While talking with reporters on Friday, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) reiterated that he’s seen “no indication” that Obama ordered any sort of wiretap, and he chided the president for being so careless in making serious accusations without any proof to back them up.
“It’s not a charge I would have ever made,” said Cole. “Frankly, unless you can produce some pretty compelling proof, then I think the president, you know, President Obama is owed an apology in that regard. If he didn’t do it, we shouldn’t be reckless in accusations that he did.”
President Trump’s insistence that Obama wiretapped him has increasingly put him at odds with key GOP lawmakers — including House Speaker Paul Ryan, who definitively said this week that “no such wiretap” occurred during or after the campaign.
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GOP Rep.: Without Evidence, Trump Owes Obama Apology For Wiretapping Charge
By MATT SHUHAM Published MARCH 17, 2017, 11:34 AM EDT
A Republican congressman said Friday that, without "pretty compelling proof," President Donald Trump should apologize to former President Barack Obama for Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that Obama ordered surveillance on him during the 2016 campaign.
“I see no indication that that’s true,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) told CNN's Manu Raju of Trump’s charge. “And so it’s not a charge I would have ever made.”
“Frankly, unless you can produce some pretty compelling proof, then I think the President, you know, President Obama is owed an apology in that regard. If he didn't do it, we shouldn't be reckless in accusations that he did,” Cole told reporters.
Trump has offered no evidence for his claim, though he referenced news reports that used the word “wiretap," a term he used, in an interview Wednesday.
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