Franken: Trump Wiretap Claim a ‘Distraction’ from Russia’s ‘Serious Interference’ in Our Democracy

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RADDATZ: Senator Franken, you sit, as we said, on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Do President Trump's claims, to you, have any basis in fact?

FRANKEN: Not -- no, not that I can see. I mean, as you said in our opening interview, he said this is a -- he claims this as fact. I think this is just a distraction. To distract from this very, very serious interference by a foreign power on our democracy. And, the question of whether Trump world, his campaign, his business associates, had anything to do with it and colluding with them.