President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of ”treason” during an Oval Office meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The accusation stems from a report by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who alleged that Obama administration officials engaged in a ”treasonous conspiracy” to falsely link Trump to Russian interference in the 2016 election. Gabbard’s 11-page document, released the previous week, claimed Obama’s national security team altered intelligence assessments to suggest Russia influenced the election to favor Trump. She recommended their prosecution to the Justice Department. Obama’s spokesperson, Patrick Rodenbush, responded on July 22, stating that the allegations were baseless and that no evidence contradicted the 2020 bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio, which confirmed Russia’s influence operations but found no vote manipulation. Trump also shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social on July 20, depicting Obama’s arrest, which was originally posted on TikTok. The video was part of Trump’s broader narrative to deflect attention from questions about his administration’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein-related files.
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