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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday requested “additional time” to collect evidence to support President Trump’s claim that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower ahead of the 2016 election.
The House Intelligence Committee gave the DOJ until Monday to provide the evidence, CNN reports.
Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Flores said in a statement that the agency asked the committee “for additional time to review the request in compliance with the governing legal authorities and to determine what if any responsive documents may exist.”
A spokesman for chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said in response that the committee may subpoena the DOJ if “our questions continue to go unanswered,” suggesting that the department is not complying with its request for information.
"We have asked the department to provide us this information before the committee's open hearing scheduled for March 20,” said spokesman Jake Langer in a statement. “If the committee does not receive a response by then, the committee will ask for this information during the March 20 hearing and may resort to a compulsory process if our questions continue to go unanswered."
The White House in a statement on Mar. 5 called on Congress to investigate whether Obama “abused” his executive powers by allegedly ordering electronic surveillance of Trump and his associates.
“Neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted,” the statement reads.
House Intelligence Committee chairman Nunes responded to the White House that Sunday that a probe of the President’s wiretapping claim would be included in an existing investigation of Russia’s involvement in the presidential election.
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