AP Photo Gowdy: No evidence of Trump's wiretapping claim

Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said Monday he had not seen any evidence that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower and the Trump administration would have evidence if this surveillance did occur.

“I don't think the FBI is the Obama team and I don't think the men and women who are career prosecutors at DOJ belong to any team other than a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales,” Gowdy said.


President Donald Trump made the explosive accusation that President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower, comparing it to Nixon and Watergate, without providing any evidence. Obama denied the accusation.

“We have the tools to keep us safe and it's prudent for those tools to be used lawfully and appropriately,” Gowdy said. “If they're not used lawfully and appropriately, there's a paper trail and we'll be able to find it out.”

Gowdy said it was “hard to cross-examine tweets” and any information on a FISA warrant used against Trump would be available to the Trump administration.

“The Obama team is no longer in charge,” he said. “So any information the current Department of Justice has that suggests the previous Department of Justice acted inappropriately, they are welcome to release it.”