“I think that President Obama is owed an apology”: GOP congressman calls on President Trump to apologize for wiretapping accusation

http://www.salon.com/2017/03/17/i-think-that-president-obama-is-owed-an-apology-gop-congressman-calls-on-president-trump-to-apologize-for-wiretapping-accusation/?source=newsletter

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Republican Rep. Tom Cole has not seen any evidence that suggests former President Barack Obama wiretapped the Republican nominee during the 2016 presidential election. Cole told a gaggle of reporters Friday that President Donald Trump, who raised the allegation against his predecessor two weeks ago, should apologize to Obama.

“I have seen no indication that that’s true,” Cole said of Trump’s tweets, which baselessly claimed Obama “tapped” him.

“It’s not a charge I would have ever made,” Cole told reporters. “And, frankly, unless you can produce some pretty compelling proof, then I think that President Obama is owed an apology in that regard because, if he didn’t do it, we shouldn’t be reckless in accusations that he did,” Cole said.