(22 Jul 2025)
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Washington, DC – 22 July 2025
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"I didn’t know that they were going to do it. I don’t really follow that too much. It’s a, it’s sort of a witch hunt, just a continuation of the witch hunt. The witch hunt that you should be talking about is they caught President Obama absolutely cold. Tulsi Gabbard. What they did to this country in 2016, starting in 2016 but going up, all the way going up to 2020 of the election, they tried to rig the election and they got caught. And there should be very severe consequences for that. You know, when we caught Hillary Clinton, I said, you know what, let’s not, let’s not go too far here. It’s the ex-wife of a president, and I thought it was sort of terrible. And I let her off the hook, and I’m very happy I did. But it’s time to start, after what they did to me and whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people. Obama’s been caught directly. So people say, oh, you know, a group. It’s not a group, it’s Obama. His orders are on the paper. The papers are signed. The papers came right out of their office. They sent everything to be highly classified. Well, the highly classified has been released. And what they did in 2016 and in 2020 is very criminal. It’s criminal at the highest level. So that’s really the things you should be talking about."
2. UPSOUND (English) Reporter question:
"May I ask you about that Mr. President? Tulsi Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral to the Department of Justice. From your perspective, who should the DOJ target as part of their investigation? What specific figures in the Obama administration?"
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"Well, based on what I read, and I read pretty much what you read, it would be President Obama. He started it. And Biden was there with him, and (Former FBI Director James) Comey was there, and (Former DNI Director James) Clapper, the whole group was there. (Former CIA Director John) Brennan, they were all there in a room. Right here. This was the room. This is much more beautiful than it was then, but that’s okay."
4. Cutaway of reporters
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"But you know what? If you look at those papers, they have them stone cold. And it was President Obama. It wasn’t lots of people all over the place. It was them, too. But the leader of the gang was President Obama, Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him? And except for the fact that he gets shielded by the press for his entire life, that’s the one they… Look, he’s guilty. It’s not a question. You know, I like to say… Let’s give it time. It’s there. He’s guilty. They — this was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried obfuscate the election, they did things that nobody’s ever even imagined, even in other countries. You’ve seen some pretty rough countries. This man has seen some pretty rough countries, but you’ve never seen anything like it. And we have all of the documents. And from what Tulsi told me… she’s got thousands of additional documents coming. So, President Obama, it was his concept, his idea, but he also got it from crooked Hillary Clinton. Crooked as a $3 bill."
6. Cutaway of reporters
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
8. Wide cutaway of Trump speaking
STORYLINE:
President Donald Trump baselessly accused former President Barack Obama and others of illegally plotting against him, calling it "treason" and declaring: "It’s time to go after people."
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