Former President Barack Obama denied President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbizarre allegations\u201d that he was the Russiagate \u201cringleader,\u201d in a rare public statement Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
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Trump, earlier on Tuesday, claimed that former President Barack Obama was the \u201cringleader\u201d of Russiagate, calling for him to be criminally investigated amid new claims that members of his administration allegedly \u201cmanufactured\u201d intelligence that prompted the Trump\u2013Russia collusion narrative<\/p>\n
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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,\u201d Obama spokesman Patrick Rodenbush said in a statement. \u201cBut these claims are outrageous enough to merit one.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cThese bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,\u201d Obama\u2019s spokesman continued. \u201cNothing 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He added: \u201cThese findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rodenbush\u2019s statement on behalf of Obama comes after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently declassified documents revealing \u201coverwhelming evidence\u201d that claimed that after Trump won the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton, then-President Obama and his national security team allegedly laid the groundwork for what would be the yearslong Trump\u2013Russia collusion probe.<\/p>\n
Gabbard said the documents revealed that Obama administration officials \u201cmanufactured and politicized intelligence\u201d to allegedly create the narrative that Russia was attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election, despite information from the intelligence community stating otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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