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US President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of “treason,” vowing to “go after” him and senior intelligence officials from his administration over what he called a plot to “rig elections” and fabricate the Russiagate hoax.

 

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump claimed the former US president should be directly targeted by the Department of Justice. He made the remarks when asked about a report released last week by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard.

 

The report alleged that Obama administration officials “manufactured intelligence” to falsely accuse Trump of colluding with Russia.

 

“This was treason. 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: [former FBI Director James] Comey, [former DNI Director James] Clapper, the whole group,” Trump said.

 

“They tried to rig an election, and they got caught. And then they did rig the election in 2020. And then because I knew I won that election by a lot, I did it a third time, and I won in a landslide,” Trump added.

 

Trump described Gabbard’s report as “like proof, irrefutable proof, that Obama was seditious,” and accused his predecessor of “trying to lead a coup.” “This is the biggest scandal in the history of our country,” he declared.

 

The report, which includes over 100 declassified documents, claims that Obama’s spy chiefs dismissed all intelligence findings that showed no Russian involvement and replaced them with fabricated accusations, setting the stage for the Russiagate probe. Gabbard described this as a “years-long coup” against Trump.

 

Obama has strongly denied the allegations, reiterating his position shortly after Trump’s latest remarks.

 

In a statement, Obama’s office said Gabbard’s report contains nothing that “undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes.”

 

“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. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,” Obama’s office said.