President Donald Trump said on Friday that former President Barack Obama is likely immune from criminal prosecution for his administrationās alleged plot to subvert Trumpās 2016 election win.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said at a Wednesday White House press briefing that she was referring Obama for criminal charges to the Department of Justice (DOJ) after releasing a declassified file on July 18 that she said contains āoverwhelming evidenceā that the former president and his national security team āmanufactured and politicized intelligenceā after Trumpās 2016 victory. However, when a reporter asked Trump at the White House how he believes the Supreme Courtās 2024 presidential immunity ruling would affect Obama in light of the allegations, the president said that it likely protects him.
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āIt probably helps him a lot. Probably helps him a lot. The immunity ruling. But it doesnāt help the people around him at all,ā Trump said. āBut it probably helps him a lot. Heās done criminal acts, thereās no question about it. But he has immunity. And it probably helps him a lot.ā
āHe owes me big,ā the president added. āObama owes me big.ā
The Supreme Court ruled on Trumpās immunity appeal in 2024, finding that presidents possess immunity from criminal prosecution for āofficial actsā taken in office.
Trump on Tuesday called for his DOJ to target Obama over the documents Gabbard published, alleging the former president was āguiltyā of ātreasonā at an Oval Office press conference.
Following Trumpās remarks, Obamaās spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush responded on Tuesday to the Trump administrationās allegations, calling them āoutrageousā and bizarre.ā
Obama administration intelligence officials former CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director Director James Comey may have perjured themselves while asserting under oath that the discredited Steele Dossier was not the basis for their 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), a June CIA memo appears to show.
Both former officials repeatedly claimed the 2017 ICA, which found that Russian President Vladimir Putin interfered with the 2016 election with āa clear preferenceā for Trump, was not based on assertions from the infamous dossier. However, their claims seem to be directly refuted by the memo.
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