FBI Director James Comey is about to testify on the continuing U.S. investigation into Russia’s meddling in last year’s presidential election, but U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of making up claims and pushed the agency and Congress to focus instead on media leaks.The House Intelligence Committee will try to untangle a web of conspiracies — including Trump’s unsupported allegation that his predecessor had Trump Tower “wiretapped”— Monday morning when it hears from Comey and Admiral Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, in a rare open session.“The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. Big advantage in Electoral College & lost!” Trump tweeted early Monday. “The real story that Congress, the FBI and others should be looking into is the leaking of Classified information. Must find leaker now!”Here’s what to watch for:Was Trump wiretapped?After Trump’s Twitter posting March 4 claiming that former President Barack Obama “had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory,” Comey unsuccessfully urged the Justice Department to publicly deny the allegation, according to a U.S. official who requested anonymity in order to discuss sensitive issues.Now, the hearing may give Comey and Rogers an opportunity to deny there was any such bugging. They’re not likely to hear dissent from committee members on that score.Representative Devin Nunes of California, the committee’s Republican chairman, said on “Fox News Sunday” that “the president doesn’t go and physically” wiretap someone. So if you take Trump literally, he said, “it didn’t happen.”Read more:Intel documents offer no evidence of spying on Trump Tower‘No indication’ Trump Tower was wiretapped, two U.S. senators ...
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