washington two white house officials play role provide house representatives intelligence committee chairman devin nunes document show president donald trump associate sweep surveillance u.s. intelligence agencies new york time report thursday cite unnamed u.s. officials time identify white house officials ezra cohen-watnick senior director intelligence national security council michael ellis lawyer work national security issue white house counsel office white house spokesman sean spic decline comment detail report brief thursday new york time report cohen-watnick begin review highly classify report intercept communications foreign officials trump say twitter early month wiretapped predecessor president barack obama report review cohen-watnick consist mostly ambassadors foreign officials talk develop contact trump family inner circle ahead inauguration paper report fbi director jam comey tell congress see evidence support wiretapping claim obama deny accusation spokesman nunes member trump transition team face criticism democrats prominent republicans way handle allegations u.s. spy agency surveillance trump team many democrats include adam schiff top democrat house intelligence panel call nunes recuse investigation meet last week unidentified source white house complex accuse collude white house house intelligence committee head nunes also investigate possible russian attempt influence 2016 presidential election trump favor russia deny allegations two white house officials help give nunes intelligence report nyt