On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump spoke out on the recent revelations dropped by DNI Richard Grenell, showing that former Vice President Joe Biden, former FBI director James Comey, former CIA chief John Brennan and more all personally requested to unmask former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
The President called on Republican senators, specifically Senator Lindsey Graham to have former President Barack Obama testify under oath.
On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump spoke out on the recent revelations dropped by DNI Richard Grenell, showing that former Vice President Joe Biden, former FBI director James Comey, former CIA chief John Brennan and more all personally requested to unmask former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
The President called on Republican senators, specifically Senator Lindsey Graham to have former President Barack Obama testify under oath.
“If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama. He knew EVERYTHING. Do it @LindseyGrahamSC, just do it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. No more talk!” he tweeted.
Check out what Fox News reported:
The extraordinary demand comes as Trump has increasingly sought to link his predecessor to efforts to investigate his associates in 2016 and 2017, dubbing it “Obamagate.” The tweet comes after Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., made public a list of Obama officials who purportedly requested to “unmask” the identity of Flynn, who at the time was Trump’s incoming national security adviser.
The list was declassified by Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell and sent to Grassley and Johnson.
The roster featured top-ranking figures including then-Vice President Joe Biden, then-FBI Director James Comey, then-CIA Director John Brennan, then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and Obama’s then-chief of staff Denis McDonough.
In a statement released on Thursday, Graham pushed back against President Trump’s request to have Obama testify.
Graham said that he is “greatly concerned about the precedent that would be set by calling a former president for oversight.”
“No president is above the law,” Graham continued. “However, the presidency has executive privilege claims against other branches of government. … As to the Judiciary Committee, both presidents are welcome to come before the committee and share their concerns about each other. If nothing else it would make for great television. However, I have great doubts about whether it would be wise for the country.”
He did however add that his panel will “begin holding multiple, in-depth congressional hearings regarding all things related to Crossfire Hurricane starting in early June.”
During an interview with Fox Business on Thursday morning, President Trump spoke out about the long list of Obama administration officials, including former Vice President Joe Biden, who unmasked his former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
The President slammed the former administration saying that this was the “greatest political crime” in American history and said that the Obama officials involved with the unmasking should be punished.
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Lindsey Graham is a coward….he is all talk and no action….he is afraid of being found out!!! Too late…we already know!