President Donald Trump fired off two tweets early Sunday. | AP Photo Trump opens day with more digs on Twitter, call for Obama investigation The White House is seeking an investigation of the Obama White House during the 2016 campaign.

For the second consecutive day, President Donald Trump launched his weekend morning with some Twitter blasts aimed at Democrats — and the White House followed that up with a call for an investigation of the Obama White House.

The first tweet, just after dawn, was a shot at the Democratic National Committee:


"Is it true the DNC would not allow the FBI access to check server or other equipment after learning it was hacked? Can that be possible?"

Several minutes later, Trump chimed in again, this time with a dig at President Barack Obama referring to a statement Obama made as he was running for a second term in 2012:

"Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, "Tell Vladimir that after the election I'll have more flexibility?" @foxandfriends"

For better or worse, Trump has made Twitter his forum this weekend for taking shots at Obama and other perceived enemies, without further elaboration or evidence. On Saturday, he accused Obama of electronic malfeasance during the fall campaign.

Trump's Sunday tweets were followed by a statement from the office of Sean Spicer, the press secretary, following up on Saturday's tweets, where Trump alleged that Obama had instituted wiretaps targeting him during the election season.

This was the full statement:

"Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling. President Donald J. Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016. Neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted."

Trump's Saturday tweets were Topic A on the Sunday morning news shows.

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper rejected the wiretapping allegations.

"I will say that, for the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time," he told Chuck Todd on Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press."

Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said he did not know the "genesis" of Saturday's tweets by Trump, but said the Senate investigation would work to get to the bottom of whatever it is.

"I’m not sure what it is he is talking about," Rubio told host Jake Tapper. "Perhaps the president has information that is not yet available to us or to the public. And if it’s true, obviously we’re going to find out very quickly. And if it isn’t, then obviously he’ll have to explain what he meant by it."

The Florida Republican added: "Everybody needs to take a deep breath and calm down here."

On the same telecast, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was fiercely critical of Trump's string of Saturday tweets, characterizing them as "ridiculous."

Pelosi also said Trump, whom she dubbed "deflector-in-chief," was using the tools of "an authoritarian."

"He certainly did not," Pelosi said of the notion that Obama ordered a wiretap of Trump.

Other Democrats were just as emphatic.

"The president of the United States did not tap Donald Trump's phone," said Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on ABC's "This Week." "I mean, that's just ridiculous, and it's a distraction."

