Trump tells Merkel at Joint Press Conference: 'At least we have something in common' in nod to wiretap claim

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SOURCE: ABC NEWS


URL: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-stands-wiretapping-claims-seldom-regrets-tweets/story?id=46198855

By MEGHAN KENEALLY 


President Donald Trump joked that he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel "have something in common," referring to reports that the Obama administration listened to Merkel's cellphone calls.

At a joint press conference today at the White House, Trump was asked by a German reporter about his unfounded claims that Trump Tower was wiretapped during the presidential campaign.

Judge Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News contributor, has alleged that British intelligence was tasked with spying on Trump and his team. The UK's listening agency, Government Communications Headquarters, also known as GCHQ, has since shot down those claims.

"We said nothing," Trump said in reference to the claims about GCHQ. "All we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for that on television. I didn't make an opinion on it. That was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on Fox."

"So you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to Fox," he added.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer repeated Napolitano's comments -- along with several other news articles which made claims about surveillance -- at the White House press briefing on Thursday.

A spokesperson for GCHQ denied the report Thursday.


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