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Washington Week with The Atlantic

Defiant Trump defends unsubstantiated claims of wiretapping

Season 2017 Episode 38 | 22m 28s

The Trump administration is aggressively defending the president's claim the Obama administration tapped his phones during the 2016 election, but the bipartisan leaders of the Congressional intelligence committees say there is no evidence. Plus, Trump proposed his budget plan that dramatically increases funding for the military and slashes funding for domestic programs.

Aired: 03/16/17
Major funding for “Washington Week with The Atlantic” is provided by Consumer Cellular, Otsuka, Kaiser Permanente, the Yuen Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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