Britain’s ‘special relationship’ with US wasn’t damaged by claims GCHQ spied on Donald Trump, Boris Johnson reveals
Intelligence agency dismissed the allegations made by Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano as 'utterly ridiculous'
BRITAIN'S relationship with the United States has not been harmed by unproven claims made on a US TV that it helped eavesdrop on Donald Trump, foreign minister Boris Johnson said today.
"It has certainly done no lasting damage to our relationship, certainly not to the special relationship, and certainly not to intelligence sharing, which of course will carry on between our countries," Johnson told parliament.
Earlier this month, Britain's GCHQ intelligence agency dismissed the allegations, made by Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano, as "utterly ridiculous".
The White House has issued a grovelling apology to Downing Street.
Britain’s furious spy chiefs adamantly denied the wild claim that they were asked to snoop on President Trump after he was elected by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
It was issued by the property billionaire’s press secretary Sean Spicer during a bizarre news conference on Thursday night.
It sparked a full blown diplomatic incident, with the Cheltenham-based eavesdropping agency issuing a very rare public statement to rubbish the unsubstantiated accusation.
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A formal apology for it came overnight via Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor H R McMaster to his opposite number in No10, the PM’s security chief Sir Mark Lyall Grant, intelligence sources have revealed to The Sun.
But Trump brushed off questions about the claims at a press conference today, saying he "very seldom" regrets anything he tweets.
Trump, speaking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said "at least we have something in common," apparently referring to reports during Obama's presidency that the United States bugged her phone.
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