Trump escalates feud with Obama, insists ex-president was involved in ‘crime’ | Fox News

Trump escalates feud with Obama, insists ex-president was involved in ‘crime’ | Fox News

Trump escalates feud with Obama, insists ex-president was involved in 'crime'
President Trump on Monday escalated his feud with former President Obama, insisting during a news conference that his predecessor committed a “crime” but refusing to dive into details.

When asked by a reporter in the Rose Garden what crime he is accusing Obama of committing, Trump responded: “Obamagate, it’s been going on for a long time, it’s been going on from before I got elected, and it's a disgrace that it happened. You look at now all of this information that’s being released and from what I understand that’s only the beginning.”

When pressed for details, the commander in chief told a Washington Post reporter, "You know the crime. The crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is read the newspapers, except yours."

Trump on Sunday quoted a tweet that accused Obama of using “his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration.” “The biggest political crime in American history, by far!” Trump added, later tweeting, “OBAMAGATE!”

On Friday, Obama weighed in on the FBI controversy surrounding former national security adviser Michael Flynn, declaring the “rule of law is at risk” after the Justice Department moved to drop the charges against the former national security adviser. At the same time, new details emerged about what the former president knew about the case against Flynn in the last days of his administration. Click here for more.

Other related developments:
- DOJ's Flynn filings renew focus on mysterious Susan Rice email during transition
- Sean Hannity: 'Many current and former officials ... have reason to be worried' after Flynn revelations
- Mollie Hemingway: Obama, Comey 'started hatching their plan' in early 2017