Sen. Richard Burr Received 'Sufficient' Responses On President Trump's 'Wiretap' Charge

Sen. Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican and chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said that he has received "sufficient" responses from the "appropriate people" regarding President Trump's accusations that President Obama "wiretapped" Trump Tower, according to a CNN report Tuesday.

He did not specify what these responses proved or suggested.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has asked the committee for more time to provide information relevant to the investigation after it was given Monday, March 13, as a deadline. Despite the fact that President Trump initially set the whole investigation in motion by tweeting out the accusation more than a week ago, the White House said it would leave the provision of evidence to the Department of Justice.

CNN also noted that Rep. Devin Nunes, the California Republican and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has said he will subpoena the administration and the Justice Department if necessary to obtain the information about any wiretapping.

"We have asked the department to provide us this information before the committee's open hearing scheduled for March 20," Nunes' spokesman said in a statement. "If the committee does not receive a response by then, the committee will ask for this information during the March 20 hearing and may resort to a compulsory process if our questions continue to go unanswered."

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer created another wrinkle in the story on Monday. During his briefing with reporters, Spicer said that Trump's "wiretapping" accusation did not necessarily refer to wiretapping itself, but meant surveillance more broadly.

To make the case that this was what Trump really meant, Spicer noted that "wires tapped" was in quotes in the original tweet. And indeed, it's true:

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