Or prove hes been putting out false information about his predecessor. How is the white house preparing . Reporter hi, ana. They seem to be preparing by standing ground, not backing down from the president s allegations made two weeks ago. We heard the president himself do so just yesterday at that Press Conference with germanys chancellor Angela Merkel and in an interview last week. Shown sho White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said that the president is confident evidenced will come out that will vindicate him. But spicer also claimed that the British Intelligence service helped President Obama spy on tencandidate trump in trump tower. That claim has been denied vehemently by the british, also by a top u. S. National security official. And so, but the white house doesnt seem to be showing any outward concern about what the fbi director and set to say on monday. And as you noted, he is expected
really tough position, trying to substantiate this tweet. There doesnt seem to be a
really tough position, trying to substantiate this tweet. there doesn t seem to be any evidence that backs this up. this week the white house seemed to task house intelligence chairman devin nunes with putting this claim to rest. they had nunes come out. he said that there was no evidence to back this up. they kept referring reporters to the house and senate intelligence committees when asked of evidence of these claims. then when you look at how president trump himself has referred to the wiretapping claims in the weeks since he s made them, he s sort of tried to move the goalpost as to what counts as wiretapping. it s no longer what we would think of in the traditional sense of communications, but now the white house is indicating maybe if there s evidence of incidental collection they would consider that as a substantiation of president trump s claims. that s not necessarily going to get him out of this trouble politically, though, because in the traditional sense that s not what wi