WASHINGTON, D.C.: FBI chief James Comey dealt Donald Trump a double blow on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) by confirming a probe into his election campaign’s links to Russia last year while repudiating the president’s claim that he was wiretapped by Barack Obama.

In a high-stakes public hearing televised live from the US Congress, Comey took the extraordinary step of confirming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether Trump campaign aides colluded with a Russian effort to influence the 2016 election.

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