After accusing Obama of treason, Trump now says the previous president ‘owes me large’

[ad_1] Donald Trump has been intensely centered on Barack Obama in latest days, accusing his Democratic predecessor of "treason." Now the present president is saying the previous president "owes" him.

"He owes me, Obama owes me large," Trump mentioned July 25 whereas chatting with reporters outdoors the White Home earlier than departing on a visit to Scotland.

Obama's debt to Trump within the present president's thoughts? The truth that the U.S. Supreme Court docket dominated final 12 months that presidents have immunity from legal prosecution for official acts in workplace. The ruling got here in a case involving Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election outcomes.

Struggling to shake off questions on his administration's dealing with of the Jeffrey Epstein case, Trump has centered these days on leveling allegations towards Obama.

Nationwide Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard alleged in a press briefing that the Obama administration promoted a “contrived narrative” that Russia interfered within the 2016 election to assist Trump. Gabbard launched declassified paperwork she mentioned help her claims of Obama's "treasonous conspiracy" to undermine Trump.

The Justice Division additionally introduced the formation of a “Strike Drive” that will “examine potential subsequent authorized steps” stemming from Gabbard’s disclosures.

Russia tried to intrude within the 2016 presidential election in favor of Trump, based on former Particular Counsel Robert Mueller's 2019 last report and a 2020 bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee evaluation.

Obama's workplace pointed to the Senate report in responding to Gabbard's claims.

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“Nothing within the doc issued final week undercuts the broadly accepted conclusion that Russia labored to affect the 2016 presidential election however didn't efficiently manipulate any votes," Obama's workplace mentioned in a press release on July 22. “These findings have been affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.”

Trump had lengthy mentioned the investigations into his first White Home marketing campaign and its connections with Moscow are a hoax. Earlier than departing for Scotland, Trump claimed Obama dedicated "legal acts" however "he has immunity" from prosecution.

“It in all probability helps him loads, in all probability helps him loads the immunity ruling," Trump mentioned.

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Trump has confronted intense backlash for the reason that Division of Justice launched a memo July 7 trying to shut the ebook on the Epstein case. Epstein died in jail in 2019 whereas awaiting trial on expenses of intercourse trafficking minors. The memo supported the concept Epstein died by suicide and mentioned investigators didn't discover a "consumer record," dispelling conspiracy theories in regards to the case.

Obama's workplace mentioned Trump's concentrate on the previous president is a "weak try at distraction."

“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," Obama's workplace mentioned within the July 22 assertion. "However these claims are outrageous sufficient to advantage one."