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How Congress is Reacting to Trump’s Wiretapping Accusation

By Thomas McKinless

Posted March 6, 2017 at 7:31pm

By Thomas McKinless

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After a Saturday morning tweetstorm from President Donald Trump that accused the Obama administration of surveilling Trump Tower during the 2016 election, here’s what some Republicans and Democrats in Congress have said publicly about the allegations.

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