FBI confirms probe into Moscow-Trump link during elections
Its chief also challenges Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped his campaign headquarters in Trump Tower
Washington
FEDERAL Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey on Monday confirmed for the first time that the bureau is investigating possible ties between Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia as Moscow sought to influence the 2016 US election.
Mr Comey and Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, made clear that their investigation of Moscow and November's US elections could last for months.
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