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FBI director rejects Trump’s allegations of wiretapping his phone

FBI director James Comey has rejected Donald Trump’s claim that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered a wiretap of his phone before he was elected US president.

According to US media, Comey has reportedly asked the US justice department (DOJ) to publicly reject Saturday’s allegation.He is said to have asked for this because the allegation falsely insinuated that the FBI broke the law.

According to Comey there is no evidence to support Mr Trump’s allegation.

From an FBI director this is a startling rebuke of a sitting president and Comey will be under pressure from Democrats to voice it publicly.

The Republican president, who faces intense scrutiny over alleged Russian interference in support of his presidential bid, made the claims in a series of tweets on Saturday.

He offered no evidence to support his allegation that phones at Trump Tower were tapped last year.

His tweets followed allegations made by conservative radio host Mark Levin, including that the Obama administration “sought, and eventually obtained, authorisation to eavesdrop” on the Trump campaign last year.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer went on to say there had been “very troubling” reports “concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election”.