President Donald J. Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016.
"Neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted," he added.
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We would like the committees to see if what we've already stated as fact has any merit in some way or another (just in case there might be). We will not say anything else regarding this, you know, because we're just throwing stuff against the wall to see if anything sticks. maga