Mr. Kelly shrugged and added that “if the president of the United States said that, he’s got his reasons to say it.”

Mr. Kelly shrugged and added that “if the president of the United States said that, he’s got his reasons to say it.”
Representative Devin Nunes, Republican of California
and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Senator Richard M. Burr, Republican of North Carolina and the chairman of the Senate intelligence panel, have said they will add Mr. Trump’s request to pre-existing inquiries into intelligence community leaks.
“No, that’s above my pay grade,” said Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary
and a feisty Trump loyalist, when asked on Tuesday at an on-camera briefing if he had seen any evidence to back up Mr. Trump’s accusation.
“I have no reason to believe he doesn’t,” Mr. Spicer said, adding that Mr. Trump “has not suggested that to me.”
Mr. Spicer bristled when pressed by a reporter to weigh in on the veracity of the president’s wiretapping allegation.
Trump Aides Address His Wiretap Claims: ‘That’s Above My Pay Grade’ -
By GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMANMARCH 7, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump has no regrets.
Mr. Trump has not spoken to Mr. Comey about the matter, Mr. Spicer said, offering a muted response when asked if the F. B.I.
director, James B. Comey, and the former national intelligence director, James R. Clapper Jr., emphatically deny
that any such wiretap was requested or issued — constitutes one of the most consequential accusations made by one president against another in American history.
Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a member of the Intelligence Committee, said on Tuesday
that he “didn’t know what the basis” of Mr. Trump’s statement was.