Former President Barack Obama hit again Tuesday at President Trump’s accusation that his predecessor dedicated “treason” associated to the investigation into Russian interference within the 2016 presidential election.
Hours after Trump falsely accused Obama of making an attempt to rig the 2016 election, the ex-president’s workplace stated it had no selection however to publicly refute the declare.
“These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,” Obama’s workplace stated in an announcement.
The forty fourth commander in chief’s workplace debunked the declare that an intelligence report launched final week by Trump Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in some way quantities to new proof towards Obama or dropping 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
The assertion famous that neither Obama nor Clinton ever claimed that Russia succeeded in flipping votes from the Democrat to Trump’s column within the election that catapulted him to the White Home.
It pointed to a 2020 bipartisan report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-chairman ex-Sen. Marco Rubio, that as a substitute accused Russia of searching for to affect the election in Trump’s favor.
“Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes,” Obama’s workplace stated.
The assertion got here quickly after Trump erupted in a rant towards Obama throughout an Oval Workplace assembly with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos.
“They caught President Obama absolutely cold,” Trump stated. “They tried to rig the election and they got caught.”
“It’s time to go after people,” he added. “Obama’s been caught directly…He’s guilty. This was treason.”
Trump’s outburst is seen by critics as an try to distract from adverse consideration relating to his relationship with late intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and unanswered calls to launch recordsdata associated to the infamous pedophile’s case.
Trump’s right-wing MAGA base has been pushing for the administration to publicly naked Division of Justice recordsdata on the case even after Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi stated she wouldn’t launch any extra data associated to the sex-trafficking case.
Gabbard’s report, launched Friday, seems to be the most recent effort to vary the topic from Epstein.
