Trump accuses Obama of treason for ‘spying’ on his 2016 campaign
By: Paul Bedard
Trump is right. Obama betrayed America and committed treason in using national security methods and tools to spy on the domestic opposition.
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
President Trump has ratcheted up his claim that the Obama White House spied on his 2016 campaign, charging in a new book that it was a “treasonous” act by the former Democratic president.
“What they did was treasonous, OK? It was treasonous,” he told author Doug Wead for his upcoming book, " Inside Trump's White House: The Real Story of His Presidency."
“The interesting thing out of all of this is that we caught them spying on the election. They were spying on my campaign. So you know? What is that all about?” said Trump.
“I have never ever said this, but truth is, they got caught spying. They were spying,” said Trump who then added, “Obama.”
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In 2017, Trump tweeted that he felt the Obama White House “had my wires tapped” in Trump Tower. He later said he didn’t mean it literally but that he felt his campaign was being spied on.
Attorney General William Barr earlier this year said he was looking into whether “improper surveillance” may have occurred in 2016. " I think spying did occur, " he said.
He has tasked a prosecutor to look into Obama officials and other officials who sparked the Russia collusion investigation into Trump after a report showed no collusion. New reports on that investigation described it as “criminal” in nature.
“It turned out I was right. By the way,” Trump told Wead in excerpts provided to Secrets. “In fact, what I said was peanuts compared to what they did. They were spying on my campaign. They got caught and they said, ‘Oh we were not spying. It was actually an investigation.’ Can you imagine an administration investigating its political opponents?” said the president.
In the book, Trump said that the Russia investigation undercut his presidency.
“Anybody else would be unable to function under the kind of pressure and distraction I had. They couldn’t get anything done. No other president should ever have to go through this. But understand, there was no collusion. They would have had to make something up,” he said.
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So? Trump lies! Trump is getting impeached...
I've noticed that Trump has a tendency to accuse others of doing exactly what he himself is doing.
Yeah. He is master deflectionist. made up word because, well, you know.
Yeah! Me, also...
Merely putting the word "actually" in front of a big olde honking lie as you just did above does not make it any less of a big olde honking lie...
C'mon, in light of recent events, that's kind of funny.
Apparently the only saving grace here is the never ending, adnauseam, reflection of soulless soul Trumpian click bait.
Hell, even Doug Wead is cashing in on the Trumpian phenom. ( what ever that could possibly be )
Trump accuses. End of story.
all hat, no cattle.
Done and done. Well done.
You've had one too many root beers !
Not too well done I hope. Burnt pork smells really bad.
And the charges against Obama would be-----------------for--------------? ACA or the Lilly Ledbetter thing?
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Well, for starters, that never happened. Even trump's own FBI, NSA and CIA debunked this conspiracy theory a long time ago.
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Treason is defined as aiding the enemy. So if Obama committed treason, he aided an enemy of the country. Who then is the enemy of the country?