US President Donald Trump has asked Congress to establish whether the Obama administration abused investigative powers in 2016 The White House has requested that the US Congress investigate alleged abuse of executive power by the Obama administration as part of the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the presidential election. RT reports: The White House request released on Sunday was directed to “congressional intelligence committees” and required them to “exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016.” #BREAKING Trump is requesting congressional intel committees to determine whether the Obama adm. abused its investigative powers in 2016 pic.twitter.com/6gUQtxJSpJ — Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) March 5, 2017 (1/4) Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling. — Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 5, 2017 The statement added that no further comments on the issue would come from either the White House or the president. The request comes a day after US President Donald Trump accused his predecessor of ordering the wiretapping of his phones during the election campaign. The accusation apparently refers to the reported surveillance of two Russian banks authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as part of [...]