Former White House Physician Doubles Down on Claim Obama ‘Weaponized’ the Government to Spy on Trump
Retired Navy Adm. Ronny Jackson (R) is not backing down from his claim that former President Barack Obama “weaponized” the government to spy on President Donald Trump . “I stand by my comments calling out President…
Retired Navy Adm. Ronny Jackson (R) is not backing down from his claim that former President Barack Obama “weaponized” the government to spy on President Donald Trump.
“I stand by my comments calling out President Obama’s administration for weaponizing our government to spy on President Trump and his supporters,” Jackson wrote in a statement on Thursday afternoon.
He added, “I will never apologize for standing up to protect America’s national security interests and constitutional freedoms, even if that means triggering liberals and the ‘mainstream media.”
Read Jackson’s statement below:
Jackson’s statement comes one day after he tweeted, “President Obama weaponized the highest levels of our government to spy on President Trump. Every Deep State traitor deserves to be brought to justice for their heinous actions.”
Jackson linked to a Fox News story about Trump’s attacks on Obama. Earlier this week, Trump accused Obama of carrying out “the biggest political crime in American history, by far!”
When asked by a reporter from The Washington Post what crime Obama allegedly committed, Trump said, “You know the crime. The crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is read the newspapers, except yours.”
Trump’s comments come amid an escalating feud with Obama.
Last week, the Justice Department moved to drop its prosecution