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		</div><p>US President Donald Trump is &#8220;extremely confident&#8221; that the Justice Department will produce evidence backing up his claim that predecessor Barack Obama wiretapped his New York skyscraper during the election.</p>
<p>White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the president believes that information yet to be released will &#8220;vindicate him&#8221;.</p>
<p>The comments came a day after the Justice Department asked lawmakers for more time to produce that evidence.</p>
<p>The House intelligence committee gave the department until March 20, the first day of its hearings on Russia&#8217;s interference in the 2016 election and possible contacts between Trump advisers and Russians.</p>
<p>Mr Trump made the wiretapping allegation earlier this month, strongly denied by Mr Obama.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the committee&#8217;s Republican chairman said if the justice department does not meet the new deadline, the panel might use its subpoena power to gather information.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;If the committee does not receive a response by then, the committee will ask for this information during the March 20 hearing and may resort to a compulsory process if our questions continue to go unanswered,&#8221;</i> said Jack Langer, a spokesman for Representative Devin Nunes.</p>
<p>In its response, the justice department said it needed extra time to &#8220;review the request in compliance with the governing legal authorities and to determine what if any responsive documents may exist&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mr Trump&#8217;s assertions have put his administration in a bind.</p>
<p>Current and former administration officials have been unable to provide any evidence of Mr Obama wiretapping Trump Tower, yet the president&#8217;s aides have been reluctant to publicly contradict their boss.</p>
<p>Mr Trump himself has not commented on the matter since his March 4 tweets.</p>
<p>The president&#8217;s accusations came amid numerous political questions surrounding his associates&#8217; possible ties to Russia.</p>
<p>The FBI is investigating Trump associates&#8217; contacts with Russia during the election, as are House and Senate intelligence committees.</p>
<p>The White House has asked those committees to also investigate Mr Trump&#8217;s unverified wiretapping allegations against Mr Obama.</p>
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