'Obamagate!' shouts Trump again and again; blames Obama for 'Russian meddling'

Attempting to force what is being touted as a new 'conspiracy ory', US President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted an unfamiliar hashtag - '#OBAMAGATE!'. As per reports, Trump is referring to a ory that has been going on within conservative circles for a while. ory states that it was former president Barack Obama along with his n-Vice President Joe Biden, former FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and a handful of Ukrainian oligarchs, who raised 'ory' of Russian meddling in 2016 US election. It alleges that ory was picked by 'deep state' and spying on Trump's circle began. 

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Trump's OBAMAGATE tweets on Sunday

On Sunday, Trump in a series of tweet said that former National Security viser Michael Flynn, who in December 2017 pleed guilty to lying to FBI investigators during course of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in election shows extent of 'OBAMAGATE.'

Referring to Watergate scandal in  ministration of former President Richard Nixon that led to his resignation, Trump claimed that Obamagate makes it look smaller. Watergate scandal is related to Nixon ministration's continuous attempts to cover up its involvement in June 17, 1972 failed break-in of  Democratic National Committee hequarters at  Washington, D.C. Watergate Office Building. 

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Incidentally, Trump's 'Obamagate' narrative comes days after recording of a call between Obama and former members of his ministration leaked in which he blamed current US ministration for its incapability to handle Coronavirus crisis. Obama called it "absolute chaotic disaster" and said that "rule of law is at risk".

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However, when Trump was asked about his allegations on Monday's press conference, he said: "It's been going on a long time," Trump said. "It's been going on from before I even got elected, and it's a disgrace that it happened, and if you look at what's gone on, and if you look at w, all this information that's being released - and from what I understand, that's only beginning - some terrible things happened, and it should never be allowed to happen in our country again. You kw what crime is. crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is re newspapers. Except yours," he said to a reporter. 

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