Trump accused Obama of treason while discussing a criminal referral
Asked whom the Justice Department should target after Tulsi Gabbard’s criminal referral, Trump named Obama and alleged treason related to the 2016 election. [The American Presidency Project]
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Asked whom the Justice Department should target after Tulsi Gabbard’s criminal referral, Trump named Obama and alleged treason related to the 2016 election. [The American Presidency Project]
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Trump said his view was based on material he had read and referred to documents Gabbard would present. These are allegations by Trump, not an adopted finding of guilt or proof that Obama committed treason. [The American Presidency Project]
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authoritarian-rhetoric
The characterization concerns a sitting president directing accusatory criminal rhetoric at his predecessor when asked who prosecutors should target. This is an editorial characterization, not a claim of historical equivalence or a legal finding. [The American Presidency Project]
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- Government transcript reproduced by university archive · The American Presidency ProjectRemarks Prior to a Meeting With President Ferdinand R. "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., of the Philippines and an Exchange With Reporters
2017 Intelligence Community Assessment of Russian Election Interference/Oval Office Decorations/News Media/Illegal Immigration; question concerning Gabbard referral and paragraphs on Obama
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-ferdinand-r-bongbong-marcos-jr-the-philippines-and
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