US President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama committing “treason”, saying that Obama was behind the plot to destroy the presidential election in 2016.

July 22, US PresidentDonald TrumpThe allegations of former President Barack Obama committed a “treason”, said that Obama led a campaign to associate the truth between Mr. Trump and Russia, according to Reuters news agency.

In the speech at the Oval Office, President Trump recalled the view of US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard that Obama’s administration manipulated intelligence to build allegations of Russia to support Mr. Trump in the 2016 election.

US President Donald Trump (left) and former US President Barack Obama. Photo: The New York Times

Ms. Gabbard last week published more than 100 email pages, memorandums and internal exchange related to the allegations, and called for criminal prosecution Mr. Obama.

According to Gabbard, there is a conflict in the evaluation of the intelligence agency under Obama. The reviews before the 2016 election suggested that Russia did not seek to interfere in the US election but the evaluation after the election concluded that the Russian PresidentVladimir Putin“Desire” to help Mr. Trump win.

“The evidence is there, Mr. [Obama] is guilty. This is a treason. They tried to manipulate, trying to disturb the election.

Mr. Trump suggested that he would take action against Obama and former officials in Obama’s administration.

“It is time to start. After what they do to me, it’s time to be examined. Obama has been caught in the act” – Mr. Trump noted.

Mr. Obama’s spokesman denied Mr. Trump’s allegations, saying, “These strange allegations are ridiculous and just a weak effort to distract.”

“There is nothing in the document that Gabbard announced last week to weaken the conclusion that has been widely accepted by the international community that Russia sought to interfere in the presidential election in 2016, but could not manipulate any votes,” Obama’s spokesman Patrick Rodenbush, said.