The office of former President Barack Obama responded Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s assertion that Obama was “the ringleader” of treasonous crimes designed to severely undermine Trump.
Obama spokesman Patrick Rodenbush indicated Trump and his officials were voicing “outrageous” claims.
“Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,” Rodenbush stated.
“But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.”
“Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes,” he continued.
“These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.”
JUST IN: President Obama’s office responds to Trump’s comments. https://t.co/Mm2CpNHqYF pic.twitter.com/mhL6Mn6jTH
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) July 22, 2025
As WorldNetDaily reported, Trump on Tuesday unleashed his fury concerning the false and “treasonous” Russia-collusion plot to undermine him, and he named Obama specifically as the driving force.
“Barack Hussein Obama is the ringleader,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
“Hillary Clinton was right there with him and so was Sleepy Joe Biden, and so were the rest of them: [James] Comey, [James] Clapper, the whole group. They tried to rig an election and then they got CAUGHT! And then they did rig the election in 2020.”
President Trump is on an absolute WARPATH against Obama and his cronies
“Barack Hussein Obama is the ringleader.
Hillary Clinton was right there with him and so was Sleepy Joe Biden, and so were the rest of them — Comey, Clapper, the whole group. They tired to rig an… pic.twitter.com/36iX1CyNMD
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 22, 2025
When asked whom the U.S. Justice Department should target in its probe of the matter, Trump responded: “It would be President Obama. He started it. And Biden was there with him, and Comey was there and Clapper, the whole group was there.”
“If you look at those papers, they have him stone cold, and it was President Obama. It wasn’t lots of people all over the place, it was them too. But the leader of the gang was President Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him? Except for the fact that he gets shielded by the press for his entire life.”
“Look, he’s guilty,” Trump continued. “It’s there. He’s guilty. This was treason. This was every word you could think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody’s ever even imagined, even in other countries.”
BREAKING: President Trump says the DOJ should GO DIRECTLY after Barack Obama
HOLY CRAP.
“And Biden was there with him … the leader of the gang was Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. He’s GUILTY.
This is TREASON!” pic.twitter.com/evMosVMLjK
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 22, 2025
“They caught President Obama absolutely cold,” Trump added.
“They tried to rig the election and they got caught, and there should be very severe consequences for that. When we caught Hillary Clinton, I said, ‘You know, what? Let’s not go too far here. It’s the ex-wife of a president.’ … I let her off the hook and I’m very happy I did. But it’s time to start, after what they did to me, and whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people. Obama has been caught directly!”
“It’s Obama. His orders are on the paper. The papers are signed, the papers came right out of their office. They sent everything to be highly classified. Well, the highly classified has been released. And what they did in 2016 and 2020 is very criminal, it’s criminal at the highest level.
BREAKING — PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Tulsi Gabbard caught Obama RED HANDED!”
“After what they did to me, it’s time to go after people. Obama has been caught DIRECTLY.
His orders were on paper.”
“What they did in 2016 and 2020 is CRIMINAL at the highest level!” pic.twitter.com/eoSpferK6M
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 22, 2025
On Monday night, Trump posted similar thoughts on Truth Social, saying: “Obama himself manufactured the Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. Crooked Hillary, Sleepy Joe, and numerous others participated in this, THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY!. Irrefutable EVIDENCE. A major threat to our Country!!!”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has already turned over information about the case to the U.S. Justice Department for criminal referral, and Gabbard herself said on Sunday, “There must be indictments.”
Meanwhile, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson indicated Monday that Congress may subpoena Obama over allegations of a coordinated plot against Trump.
“I think we have a responsibility to follow the truth, where it leads,” Johnson told journalist David Brody.
JUST IN: Speaker Johnson tells me says he has no concern at all about bringing Former President Barack Obama in for a congressional deposition or subpoena over the newly declassified documents bombshell. “If it’s uncomfortable for him, he shouldn’t have been involved in… pic.twitter.com/hAeVHdYt4m
— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) July 22, 2025
“To do effectively the opposite of what that other team did – they were engaged in a partisan political plot to take down their foe in the other party. We need to be about the rule of law and bring an order to the chaos and searching out the truth because the American people are owed those answers.”
“If it’s uncomfortable for him, he shouldn’t have been involved in overseeing this, which is what it appears to us has happened,” Johnson said.
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