8 Mar 2017 12:59 pm
So what will they do if they find that there was no such warrant request?Bipartisan group of senators ask Justice Department for warrant on Trump Tower wiretapping
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are requesting the Justice Department and FBI hand over any potential application for a warrant to wiretap the Trump campaign.
"We request that the Department of Justice provide us copies of any warrant applications and court orders ... related to wiretaps of President Trump, the Trump Campaign, or Trump Tower," the two senators wrote in a letter to Dana Boente, the acting deputy attorney general, and FBI Director James Comey.
The request comes after President Trump claimed on Saturday, without offering any evidence, that former President Barack Obama had ordered a wiretap on his campaign.
The senators added that once they are able to review a warrant request or any potential court orders they would "proceed as appropriate with the oversight the President has requested.”