{"id":22084,"date":"2025-07-28T15:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22084"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:25:13","slug":"obama-breaks-silence-with-rare-statement-after-trump-levels-treason-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=22084","title":{"rendered":"Obama breaks silence with rare statement after Trump levels \u2018treason\u2019 accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"460\">Former President Barack Obama responded to Donald Trump\u2019s accusations that he tried to rig the 2016 and 2020 elections, calling the claims \u201ca weak attempt at distraction.\u201d Obama\u2019s spokesperson, Patrick Rodenbush, issued a rare public statement, dismissing Trump\u2019s remarks as \u201cludicrous\u201d and typically beneath response, but necessary this time due to their extremity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"844\">The statement also rejected Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s 11-page report, which accused Obama officials of treason and called for prosecutions. Rodenbush emphasized that no new evidence challenged the bipartisan conclusion that while Russia attempted to interfere in 2016, no votes were altered. He cited a 2020 report by the Senate Intelligence Committee, then chaired by Republican Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"1173\">Trump made the accusations during a July 22 Oval Office meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., using a question about Jeffrey Epstein to pivot and claim that Obama had been \u201ccaught\u201d and committed \u201ctreason.\u201d Trump alleged that Obama tried to steal the election and engaged in misconduct \u201ceven in other nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1481\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Meanwhile, controversy swirled as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi blocked the release of further Epstein files. 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