Barack Obama Sees Loss of life Risk Surge After Trump's Treason Claims

[ad_1] Former U.S. President Barack Obama has been the topic of on-line demise threats and requires imprisonment after President Donald Trump and the director of nationwide intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard accused him of treason relating to Russian affect in earlier presidential elections.

In keeping with a report by the International Mission Towards Hate and Extremism (GPAHE), social media feedback calling for Obama's imprisonment or execution surged between July 17 and July 20, after the administration claimed Obama's administration "manipulated and withheld" key data on the extent to which Russia was concerned within the 2016 election. Obama has denied the allegations.

White Home spokesperson Davis Ingle instructed Newsweek: "President Trump and all the administration strongly condemn all types of violence. The Trump administration additionally believes in accountability and that people who take part in prison exercise needs to be held to the fullest extent of the regulation."

A DNI spokesperson mentioned: "DNI Gabbard strongly condemns all types of violence. The Director additionally believes in shining gentle on the reality, investigating wrongdoing, and holding those that take part in prison actions accountable to the fullest extent of the regulation."

Newsweek contacted Obama's workplace by e mail to touch upon this story.

Former President Barack Obama speaks on the Obama Basis Democracy Discussion board, Dec. 5, 2024, in Chicago. Former President Barack Obama speaks on the Obama Basis Democracy Discussion board, Dec. 5, 2024, in Chicago. AP Picture/Erin Hooley, File The threats began after Gabbard launched a report on Friday alleging that Obama and members of his administration manufactured intelligence relating to Russian interference within the 2016 election to "lay the groundwork for what was basically a yearslong coup in opposition to President Trump."

She mentioned she would refer the officers to the Justice Division for prosecution.

Then on Sunday Trump weighed in and posted an AI-generated video to his social media platform, Fact Social, which confirmed Obama being arrested and put in jail.

Since then, between July 17 and July 20, feedback focusing on Obama have surged on Fact Social, Gab and Telegram, the researchers discovered.

On Fact Social, feedback made calling Obama treasonous and deserving of both imprisonment or execution rose from three to 36, an 1,100% enhance.

On Gab, these feedback elevated from 9 to 48—a 433 p.c enhance.

And on Telegram, feedback of this ilk elevated from zero to 12.

GPAHE instructed Newsweek: "GPAHE's analysis continues to point out a spike in on-line bigoted and violent rhetoric each time the president targets individuals along with his on-line posts. The mix of Director Gabbard's and President Trump's conspiracy-laden and racist posts, not solely infected extremists, however additional normalized language and concepts which might be utterly unacceptable in a thriving democracy. We, as a nation, can not contribute to this normalization by staying silent."

Because the time interval the researchers investigated, Trump has continued to make feedback about Obama. On Tuesday, he referred to as the previous president "the chief of the gang" when it got here to the Russia investigation.

He mentioned: "He is responsible. This was treason. This was each phrase you'll be able to consider. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did issues that no person's ever even imagined."

He added that it was "time to go after individuals," and accused different political opponents together with former CIA director John Brennan of unlawfully conspiring in opposition to him.

Later that day, Obama's workplace launched a press release rebutting the allegations, which they referred to as "outrageous."

"Out of respect for the workplace of the presidency, our workplace doesn't usually dignify the fixed nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White Home with a response. However these claims are outrageous sufficient to benefit one. These weird allegations are ridiculous and a weak try at distraction," the assertion mentioned.

"Nothing within the doc issued final week undercuts the extensively accepted conclusion that Russia labored to affect the 2016 presidential election however didn't efficiently manipulate any votes," Obama's spokesperson, Patrick Rodenbush, mentioned. "These findings had been affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio."