In another rebuke of President Donald Trump's claims against his predecessor, leaders of the Senate Intelligence committee on Thursday released a statement saying there is no evidence of wiretapping at Trump Tower during last year's campaign. "Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of a surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016," Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA) said in a joint statement. The statement comes a day after the House Intelligence Committee's leaders said there was no evidence and hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan said "no such wiretap existed." Two weeks ago, Trump accused former President Obama of "wiretapping" his tower in New York City. He has since qualified his remarks. "When I say wiretapping, those words were in quotes," Trump told Fox News Wednesday. "That really covers -- because wiretapping is pretty old-fashioned stuff -- but that really covers surveillance and many other things. And nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but that's a very important thing."

In another rebuke of President Donald Trump's claims against his predecessor, leaders of the Senate Intelligence committee on Thursday released a statement saying there is no evidence of wiretapping at Trump Tower during last year's campaign.

"Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of a surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016," Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA) said in a joint statement.

The statement comes a day after the House Intelligence Committee's leaders said there was no evidence and hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan said "no such wiretap existed."

Two weeks ago, Trump accused former President Obama of "wiretapping" his tower in New York City. He has since qualified his remarks.



"When I say wiretapping, those words were in quotes," Trump told Fox News Wednesday. "That really covers -- because wiretapping is pretty old-fashioned stuff -- but that really covers surveillance and many other things. And nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but that's a very important thing."