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TOPLINE
President Trump at a briefing on Monday reiterated his claim that former President Barack Obama committed a crime as part of what he has dubbed “Obamagate,” but declined to specify what crime he was referring to.
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KEY FACTS
Referring to his tweet on Sunday accusing Obama of “the biggest political crime in American history, by far,” Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker asked Trump, “What crime exactly are you accusing President Obama of committing and do you believe the Justice Department should prosecute him?”
Trump replied, “Obamagate. it’s been going on for a long time. It’s a disgrace that it happened. And if you look at what’s gone on and if you look at now all of this information that’s being released, and from what I understand that’s only the beginning, some terrible things happened.”
Pressed by Rucker as to what specific crime he’s referencing, Trump said, “You know what the crime is, the crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is read the newspapers, except yours.”
“You’ll be seeing what’s going on in the coming weeks,” he said. “I wish you’d write honestly about it.”
The comments came a day after a series of tweets from Trump advancing his long-running claim that his predecessor was behind the investigation into allegations of collusion by Trump’s presidential campaign with Russia that have dogged his presidency.
Tangent
Trump also drew heat at the briefing for saying the U.S. has “met the moment” and “prevailed” on testing, despite trailing dozens of countries in tests per capita. He also told CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang to “ask China,” when questioned about his tendency to compare U.S. testing to that of other countries. When Jiang asked Trump to clarify why he said that to her specifically, he declared, “I’m saying it to anybody who would ask a nasty question like that.”
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