Trump rants about 'Obamagate,' but won't explain what it is when asked directly
President Donald Trump tweeted the single word “Obamagate” on Sunday. On Monday, he refused to explain what it meant or what accusation he is making against his predecessor.“Mr. President, in one of your Mother’s Day tweets, you appeared to accuse President Obama of the biggest political crime in American history,” he noted.
Trump responded: “Obamagate. It’s been going for on a long time ... from before I even got elected. It’s a disgrace that it happened ... Some terrible things happened, and it should never be allowed to happen in our country again.”Trump: “You know what the crime is. The crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is read the newspapers — except yours.”TRUMP:"Obamagate."TRUMP:"You know what the crime is. The crime is very obvious to everybody." pic.twitter.
Trump’s targeting of Obama on Sunday came after the former president, in leaked comments to former aides, characterized his successor’s handling of the nation’s coronavirus crisis as an “absolute chaotic disaster.”Flynn had already pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about secret talks with former Russian ambassador to the U.S. and reputed spymaster Sergey Kislyak during the interim between Trump’s election and his inauguration.
Someone pleading guilty to perjury and then getting off “scot-frees [is] the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that ... our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk,” Obama said in a tape of his phone call. “And when you start moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly.”This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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