Trump backs bid to probe officials under Obama govt
Washington
WADING into a political feud over the latest subpoenas in the US House Intelligence Committee's Russia probe, US President Donald Trump on Thursday backed efforts to investigate actions by US security and other officials under previous president Barack Obama.
"The big story is the 'unmasking and surveillance' of people that took place during the Obama Administration," Mr Trump said in a tweet, one day after the committee's Republican chairman subpoenaed the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency amid complaints by Democrats that they were not consulted.
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