A spokesperson for Barack Obama said Tuesday it was “outrageous” that President Donald Trump accused the former president of treason when pointing to Obama as the perpetrator of 2016 election fraud claims that put a cloud over Trump’s first term.
“Out of respect for the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,” Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush said in a statement posted on X. “But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at a distraction.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday made public more than 100 pages that she said revealed the Obama administration quietly concluded Russia didn’t impact the 2016 election’s vote totals via cyberattacks. She cited those documents as evidence of a “treasonous conspiracy” by the Obama administration to amplify “manufactured intelligence that claims that Russia had helped” Trump win the election.
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