House Judiciary Republicans Seek FBI Information on Trump's Wiretap Claims, WikiLeaks' Leaked CIA Docs

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and committee Republicans urged FBI Director James Comey Wednesday to “follow all legitimate investigative leads regarding Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as leads regarding the mishandling of classified information.” House Judiciary Republicans said they want Comey to brief them on President Donald Trump's claim that former President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower ahead of the election. An Obama spokesman called Trump’s wiretap claims “simply false,” and other former Obama administration security officials denied the charge. Senate Judiciary Committee members Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., separately sought DOJ information about Trump’s wiretap claims, including “copies of any warrant applications and court orders.” House Judiciary Republicans also want Comey to explain how “information classified at the highest level, including methodologies of surveillance, has made its way into the public domain.” WikiLeaks posted more than 8,700 documents Tuesday purporting to originate from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, including some thus far unverified files that discuss how the agency could use smart TVs and other devices as surveillance tools (see 1703070047). The documents also include some claiming to detail security vulnerabilities in mobile device operating systems’ software. The FBI didn’t comment.