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FBI Director to justice department: Reject Trump’s wiretapping claim

By Reuters
06 March 2017   |   4:30 am
FBI Director James Comey rejected President Donald Trump's accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him during the campaign.

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