What happened: Pro-Trump social media users are advancing the bogus claim that former President Barack Obama ordered the assassination of President Donald Trump — a plot that was supposedly revealed in a memo from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Context: In the July 18 memo, Gabbard accused Obama of taking part in “what was essentially a years-long coup” against Trump. Gabbard’s office also released numerous emails among members of the intelligence community, which her office said implicated the Obama administration in a plot to “subvert President Trump’s 2016 victory and presidency” using “manufactured and politicized intelligence” of Russian election interference in 2016.
In an emailed statement to USA Today (NewsGuard Trust Score: 100/100), Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush said, “These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.”
A closer look: Citing the memo, conservative accounts claimed that Gabbard also uncovered a plot by Obama to assassinate Trump in 2016.
A Barron Trump fan account, @BarronTNews, stated in an X post: “In what may become the most explosive revelation in U.S. political history, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that declassified intelligence files directly implicate former President Barack Obama in authorizing a covert assassination attempt on then President-elect Donald Trump. The files, set to be publicly released, detail a sprawling, top-secret program initiated in the...
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