White House won’t repeat spy claims aimed at Brits, say U.K. officials
A spokesman for Britain’s prime minister said the White House has promised that it won’t repeat a claim that U.K. spies snooped on President Trump.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman, James Slack, said the British government has made it clear to the U.S. that the “ridiculous” claims should be ignored. He said on Friday that Washington has assured Britain they will not be repeated.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer on Thursday cited Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano, who suggested that the British electronic surveillance agency GCHQ had helped former President Obama spy on Trump before last year’s presidential election.
GCHQ took the unusual step of releasing a statement calling the claims “nonsense.”
It said, “they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored.”
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