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On March 6, 2017, deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that Trump does not accept FBI Director James Comey’s conclusion that former President Barack Obama did not order a wiretap at Trump Tower.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nypost.com/2017/03/06/trump-wont-accept-comeys-conclusion-about-obama-wiretap-claim/amp/|title=Trump won’t accept Comey’s conclusion about Obama wiretap claim|work=New York Post|date=March 6, 2017|accessdate=March 7, 2017}}</ref>

On March 6, 2017, deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that Trump does not accept FBI Director James Comey’s conclusion that former President Barack Obama did not order a wiretap at Trump Tower.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nypost.com/2017/03/06/trump-wont-accept-comeys-conclusion-about-obama-wiretap-claim/amp/|title=Trump won’t accept Comey’s conclusion about Obama wiretap claim|work=New York Post|date=March 6, 2017|accessdate=March 7, 2017}}</ref>

On March 8, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), the chair and ranking member of the relevant Senate oversight committee, requested that "the Department of Justice provide us copies of any warrant applications and court orders...related to wiretaps of President Trump, the Trump Campaign, or Trump Tower.”<ref>"[https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D644F90E-54E2-4DD5-AC8F-BB3B8D8059CE Senators Graham And Whitehouse Request Warrant Applications And Court Orders Related To Possible Wiretapping Of President Trump, Trump Campaign, Or Trump Tower]"</ref> The committee has set a deadline of March 20.<ref>"[http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/323774-trump-administration-misses-intel-committees-deadline-for-wiretapping Trump administration wants more time to give Intel committee wiretapping proof]", ''The Hill'', 03/13/17.</ref>

On March 8, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), the chair and ranking member of the relevant Senate oversight committee, requested that "the Department of Justice provide us copies of any warrant applications and court orders...related to wiretaps of President Trump, the Trump Campaign, or Trump Tower.”<ref>"[https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D644F90E-54E2-4DD5-AC8F-BB3B8D8059CE Senators Graham And Whitehouse Request Warrant Applications And Court Orders Related To Possible Wiretapping Of President Trump, Trump Campaign, Or Trump Tower]"</ref>

Comey testified to Congress on March 20 and declined to comment on the issue of FISA warrants: "Comey declined to say whether any officials had sought approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor anyone in the Trump campaign, saying he did not want to discuss the workings of the highly secretive court," according to the ''Washington Post''.<ref>Ellen Nakashima, Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-director-to-testify-on-russian-interference-in-the-presidential-election/2017/03/20/cdea86ca-0ce2-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.f744ea59f991 FBI Director Comey: Justice Dept. has no information that supports Trump’s tweets alleging he was wiretapped by Obama]", ''Washington Post'', March 20.</ref>

Comey testified to Congress on March 20 and declined to comment on the issue of FISA warrants: "Comey declined to say whether any officials had sought approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor anyone in the Trump campaign, saying he did not want to discuss the workings of the highly secretive court," according to the ''Washington Post''.<ref>Ellen Nakashima, Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-director-to-testify-on-russian-interference-in-the-presidential-election/2017/03/20/cdea86ca-0ce2-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.f744ea59f991 FBI Director Comey: Justice Dept. has no information that supports Trump’s tweets alleging he was wiretapped by Obama]", ''Washington Post'', March 20.</ref>