{"id":9147,"date":"2025-07-24T22:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=9147"},"modified":"2025-07-24T22:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:05:38","slug":"scotus-trump-immunity-ruling-may-shield-barack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=9147","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Trump Immunity Ruling May Shield Barack Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legal experts are cautioning that prosecuting former President Barack Obama may prove difficult for Donald Trump, despite Trump\u2019s recent accusation of treason. Their concerns are rooted in the 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in <em>Trump v. United States<\/em>, which broadened presidential immunity to include all \u201cofficial acts\u201d taken during a president\u2019s time in office. This ruling now presents a significant legal hurdle for any effort to charge a former president for decisions made while serving.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed accusations against Obama follow claims by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who alleges that Obama and his senior intelligence officials \u201cmanufactured and politicized intelligence\u201d to create a narrative that Trump colluded with Russia. Gabbard has announced plans to submit a formal criminal referral to the Department of Justice and the FBI, arguing that this manipulation amounted to a \u201cyears-long coup\u201d against the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News legal analyst Greg Jarrett weighed in on the legal implications, noting that the same court precedent Trump championed may now work in Obama\u2019s favor. \u201cBarack Obama should be thanking Donald Trump,\u201d Jarrett said during an appearance with Rep. Jim Jordan on <em>Hannity<\/em>, highlighting the irony of the situation given the expanded protections for former presidents.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard recently declassified a 2020 House Intelligence Committee report that accused then-CIA Director John Brennan of advocating for the inclusion of the discredited Steele dossier in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). The report described the ICA as hastily compiled and based on questionable intelligence, despite internal warnings about its credibility.<\/p>\n<p>The committee concluded that the Obama administration ignored these internal objections and selectively cited unverified intelligence to support claims that Vladimir Putin favored Trump over Hillary Clinton. 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