President Trump's "Obamagate" Comments
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- On Friday, Barack Obama expressed concern over the justice departmentβs decision to drop charges against President Trumpβs former national security adviser Michael Flynn. On a recording obtained by Yahoo News, Obama warned that the βrule of law is at risk,β and he also criticized Trumpβs handling of the Coronavirus pandemic.
- Over the weekend, Trump responded with a series of tweets regarding Obama, saying in one: βBarack Hussain Obama is the first Ex-President to ever speak against his successor, which was long tradition of decorum and decencyβ¦ He got caught, OBAMAGATE!β
- Trump also retweeted Buck Sexton, a podcaster who asserted that Obama βused his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration,β adding βThe biggest political crime in American history, by far!β
- In other remarks, Trump claimed that Flynn had been targeted by the Obama administration in an attempt to take down Trump himself.
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