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Fox News: ‘No evidence of any kind’ that Obama wiretapped Trump

Fox News anchor Shep Smith said Friday that the network does not have any evidence that President Donald Trump was ever placed under surveillance, despite his repeated insistence that former President Barack Obama’s intelligence agencies wiretapped his phones.

During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, Trump cited Fox News commentator Andrew Napolitano as the source of his information that Obama wiretapped him.

“That was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on Fox. And so you shouldn’t be talking to me. You should be talking to Fox,” Trump said.

Shortly after, Fox News’ Smith said on-air that the network had no evidence that Trump had been wiretapped.

“Fox News cannot confirm Judge Napolitano’s commentary,” Smith said. “Fox News knows of no evidence of any kind, that the now president of the United States was surveilled at any time, in any way, full stop.”

Smith also asked why Trump relied on Napolitano’s commentary, rather than information from U.S. intelligence agencies.

“Of course, the president could learn first-hand whether the building in which he lives was wiretapped,” Smith said. “All he’d have to do is ask the intelligence services; they work for him.”