Days after President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated pretend video exhibiting former President Barack Obama’s arrest on his social media platform, the present president pushed conspiracy theories about Obama within the Oval Workplace on Tuesday, accusing him of treason with out offering proof relating to the 2016 presidential election.
“They tried to rig the election, they usually received caught. And there needs to be very extreme penalties for that,” Trump instructed reporters on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for Obama pushed again on the Trump administration’s claims, saying whereas they’d “not usually dignify the fixed nonsense” from the White Home with a response, the claims are “outrageous sufficient to benefit one.”
President Donald Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., within the Oval Workplace of the White Home, July 22, 2025, in Washington.
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“These weird allegations are ridiculous and a weak try at distraction,” the assertion mentioned.
Trump’s feedback come after Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard submitted a legal referral to the Division of Justice threatening the Obama administration.
Obama’s spokesperson mentioned that “nothing within the doc issued final week undercuts the extensively accepted conclusion that Russia labored to affect the 2016 presidential election however didn’t efficiently manipulate any votes.”
“These findings had been affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intellignce Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio,” the Obama spokesperson mentioned on Tuesday.
Requested concerning the Deputy Lawyer Todd Blanche meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted affiliate of deceased intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein who was convicted of intercourse trafficking in 2022, Trump turned to assaults on Obama, calling the previous president the “chief of the gang.”
“This was treason. This was each phrase you’ll be able to consider. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did issues that no one’s ever even imagined, even in different international locations,” Trump mentioned within the Oval Workplace Tuesday.
The AI-generated pretend video reposted on Trump’s social media platform over the weekend confirmed Obama being arrested within the Oval Workplace. The video was posted on TikTok earlier than being reposted on Trump’s social media platform on Sunday.
President Barack Obama welcomes President-elect Donald Trump to the White Home, Jan. 20, 2017.
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Trump’s submit — and different latest feedback — come as critics on both sides of the aisle say the president is attempting to distract from the Epstein recordsdata because the administration faces pushback for extra transparency relating to the case.
