From the environment of the former Democratic president they qualified the accusations as “absurd” and denounced a distraction maneuver in the face of the Epstein case, which hits the current government.
In a political onslaught that It does not have many backgroundthe president Donald Trump intensified his accusations against Barack Obamabreaking years of relative caution by the Democratic ex -president. From 2016Obama had avoided responding directly to the complaints of the Republican leader, but this time, the answer was swift.
“Out of respect for the presidential investiture, our office has avoided replicating the constant falsehoods and misinformation that emanate from this White House. However, these statements are scandalous enough to deserve an answer”he said Patrick RodenbushObama spokesperson. And he added: “These are absurd accusations, a weak and obvious attempt to divert attention.”
The origin of the dispute is in recently declassified documentswhich resulted in the opening of a Research on FBI and CIA actions During the Democratic government, particularly against the former heads of both agencies, James Comey and John Brennan.
The National Intelligence Director, Tulsi Gabbardhe pointed directly against Obama and his collaborators, whom he accused of “Manipulate and hide information” linked to possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections, something that described as an act of “betrayal”.
Rodenbush recalled that “None of the documents released last week contradicts the conclusion, widely accepted, that Russia intervened to influence the 2016 elections, but without altering the vote count”. That same conclusion was ratified by the Senate Intelligence Commission In 2020, under the presidency of the Republican Senator Marco Rubiotoday Secretary of State.
A media and digital offensive with Trump label
Trump, meanwhile, found in these revelations a new opportunity to sustain his persecution narrative. “It’s time to act against these people”expressed from the Oval Officeaccompanied by President Filipino Ferdinand Marcos Jr. He also took advantage of questionensuring that they give more importance to the scandal for the death of Jeffrey Epstein that to the “true plot” of the so -called Russiagate.
In recent days, Trump combined his verbal accusations with publications on his social network, Social truth. One of them included a Video generated by artificial intelligence in which he is seen laughing at the White House while FBI agents earn a digitized obamasitting next to him. The images end with the former democratic president dressed in a Orange suit behind barsto the rhythm of the classic topic “YMCA”turned into a symbol of Trump’s campaigns.
For many analysts, this offensive has a clear objective: Run the focus of the Epstein scandalthat shakes its administration and puts the attorney general, Pam Bondi.
Source: Ambito
