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Obama and Trump at the White House. AFP

White House Aides Struggle to Defend Trump over Tweets

by Ashley Parker and Jenna Johnson | Mar 9, 2017 | World

Washington- The White House is seeking to defend President Donald Trump’s unfounded claim that former president Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower near the end of the presidential campaign, sending out several administration officials — both on and off camera — to...

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FBI Director James B. Comey. (Reuters)

FBI Asks Department of Justice to Reject Trump’s Wiretapping Claim

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2017 | World

Washington – FBI Director James B. Comey asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President Donald Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Trump’s phones, according to the New York Times. The newspaper said that...

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US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump Demands Congress Investigate Obama’s ‘Wiretapping’ against him

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 6, 2017 | World

Washington – A team at the US Congress will investigate President Donald Trump’s accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him during the 2016 US presidential campaign. The White House asked a Congressional committee to examine whether the Obama...

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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, seated, and his two sons, Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, right, attend a hearing in a courtroom at the Police Academy, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Al-Law)

Egypt: Mubarak’s lawyer threatens legal action against newspaper

by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Sep 16, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A storm has erupted in Egypt following the publication of the transcript of a secret recording of a conversation between former President Hosni Mubarak and a doctor treating him at Turrah Prison in Cairo. The transcript was published by Al-Yawm...