--- title: House Intel Chair: No Evidence of Trump's Wiretapping Claim description: House Intelligence Committee Chairman said the committee has seen no evidence supporting President Trump's claim that Barack Obama ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower canonical: https://time.com/4702368/trump-wiretap-no-evidence-house-intel-chair/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-15T16:16:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:51:14.979Z article:section: Politics og:title: House Intel Chair Says There's No Evidence of Trump's Wiretapping Allegations og:description: "I don't think there was an actual tap of Trump Tower" og:url: https://time.com/4702368/trump-wiretap-no-evidence-house-intel-chair/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3520e7216289ff32/6988be968e06017b39469930/devin-nunes2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes And Rep. 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Adam Schiff (D-CA) speak to the media about Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, at the U.S. Capitol on March 15, 2017. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) (R), and ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speak to the media about Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, at the U.S. Capitol on March 15, 2017. Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 15, 2017 4:16 PM UTC House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said on Wednesday that the committee has seen [no evidence](http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politics/wiretapping-congressional-investigation/index.html?sr=twpol031517wiretapping-congressional-investigation0349PMVODtopLink&linkId=35501969) supporting President Trump’s [claim](http://time.com/4691679/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretap-whitehouse/) that Barack Obama ordered a [wiretap](http://time.com/4699365/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-obama-wiretap/) of Trump Tower last year. “We don’t have any evidence that that took place,” Nunes said at a press conference, “and in fact I don’t believe — just in the last week of time, the people we’ve talked to — I don’t think there was an actual tap of Trump Tower.” Referencing Trump’s original claims via Twitter, [Nunes said](https://twitter.com/CNN/status/842035417134305283) if you’re going to take Trump’s tweets literally, then “clearly the President was wrong.” CNN reports the committee has asked the Justice Department to respond to their request for relevant information by March 20, when FBI Director James Comey is expected to testify at a hearing. A second hearing in the committee is scheduled for March 28. \[[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politics/wiretapping-congressional-investigation/index.html?sr=twpol031517wiretapping-congressional-investigation0349PMVODtopLink&linkId=35501969)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4702368/trump-wiretap-no-evidence-house-intel-chair/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4702368/trump-wiretap-no-evidence-house-intel-chair/"},"headline":"House Intel Chair Says There's No Evidence of Trump's Wiretapping Allegations","datePublished":"2017-03-15T16:16:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:51:14.979Z","description":"\"I don't think there was an actual tap of Trump Tower\"","url":"https://time.com/4702368/trump-wiretap-no-evidence-house-intel-chair/","keywords":["Congress"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3520e7216289ff32/6988be968e06017b39469930/devin-nunes2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3520e7216289ff32/6988be968e06017b39469930/devin-nunes2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes And Rep. 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