Legal experts are warning that President Donald Trump may find it difficult to prosecute former President Barack Obama after accusing him of treason, following the Supreme Court’s immunity judgment last year.
In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that a president’s immunity from criminal prosecution applies to all “official acts.”
The accusations came as Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s director of national intelligence, alleged that Obama and his senior officials “manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President Trump” after Trump won the 2016 election.
Gabbard stated that she will be submitting a “criminal referral” to the DOJ and FBI.
