Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - U.S. President Donald Trump has accused former U.S president, Barack Obama, of “treason” citing a controversial report that alleges Obama-era officials manipulated intelligence on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The claim stems from a new report forwarded by Director of
National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to the Justice Department. The report
accuses Obama’s administration of orchestrating a “treasonous conspiracy” by
allegedly fabricating intelligence to suggest Russia interfered in the election
to benefit Trump.
According to Gabbard, the supposed fabrication laid the
groundwork for what she described as a “years-long coup” attempt against Trump.
However, this narrative contradicts the conclusions of multiple official
investigations — including four criminal, counterintelligence, and watchdog
probes conducted between 2019 and 2023 — which unanimously confirmed that
Russia did interfere in the 2016 election in support of Trump.
It's there, he's guilty. This was treason," Trump said
on Tuesday, "They tried to steal the election, they tried to obfuscate the
election. They did things that nobody's ever imagined, even in other
countries."
When asked during a press briefing with visiting Philippine
President Ferdinand Marcos who should be prosecuted, Trump responded:
“Based on
what I read — and I read pretty much what you read — it would be President
Obama. He started it.
Trump, who recently drew criticism for sharing an AI-generated video depicting Obama being arrested, also named other former officials as part of the alleged conspiracy. These included Joe Biden, then Vice President; James Comey, former FBI Director; James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence; and John Brennan, former CIA Director.
He claimed Obama was the “leader of the gang” and guilty of “treason.”
Despite Trump’s repeated claims that the investigations into Russian interference were politically motivated and amounted to a “hoax,” bipartisan findings have said otherwise. Notably, a 2020 Senate Intelligence Committee report — led by then-acting Chairman Marco Rubio, now Trump’s Secretary of State concluded that Trump’s 2016 campaign actively sought to exploit leaks of Democratic documents obtained by Russian military hackers.
The committee wrote:
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