NTB-TT (24. mai 2020). «Trumps valgkampstrategi: Å angripe Obama». Aftenposten. Besøkt 25. mai 2020. «– Donald Trump vil få oppmerksomheten bort fra sin håndtering av koronaviruset, som ingen er spesielt imponerte over. Men han vil også sikre støtte fra sin velgerbase, sier statsviter Chris Galdieri ved Saint Anselm College i New Hampshire til det svenske nyhetsbyrået TT.»
Türker, Selin (17. mai 2020). «Trump kalder det et kæmpe svindelnummer: Men hvad er »Obamagate« egentlig?». Berlingske.dk (på dansk). Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «På grund af det forløb, blev Flynn pludselig en del af undersøgelsen, som FBI indledte af folk i og omkring Trump-lejren, om hvorvidt der var tale om russisk indblanding i 2016-valgkampen. Og netop hele undersøgelse er hvad Trump kalder for »Obamagate«. Præsidenten mener nemlig, at der var tale om et »svindelnummer«, som Obama og Joe Biden stod bag, for at underminere hans præsidentskab inden det overhovedet begyndte, forklarer »Kampagnesporets« værter i denne uges afsnit.»
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«Trump is back to attacking Obama. That’s not the best idea - The Boston Globe». Boston Globe (på engelsk). 21. mai 2020. Besøkt 21. mai 2020. «In practice, Obamagate is some umbrella of accusations from Trump that he can’t articulate and haven’t been proven. But specifics or proving the accusations isn’t the point. The point might be to talk about something other than the horrible news on his watch and poll after poll showing Trump losing reelection in national polls and key swing states.»
«Joe Biden ducks Trump’s Obamagate hits: ‘I don’t want to get down in the mud’». Boston Herald (på engelsk). 20. mai 2020. Besøkt 3. juni 2020. «In the growing scandal dubbed “Obamagate,” Trump has pointed to the legal case of his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, suggesting that the “unmasking” of Flynn’s name by top Obama officials as part of legal U.S. surveillance of foreign targets was criminal and motivated by partisan politics.»
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Sheth, Sonam (9. desember 2019). «'S--- just got real': DOJ watchdog uncovers pro-Trump text messages between FBI agents after 2016 election». Business Insider. Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «The texts were revealed in the inspector general Michael Horowitz's highly anticipated report on the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation. The report, published Monday, debunked many of Trump's conspiracy theories about anti-Trump bias among top brass at the FBI and the Justice Department.»
Sheth, Sonam (21. mai 2020). «Trump's 'Obamagate' conspiracy theory just got blown to pieces». Business Insider. Besøkt 21. mai 2020. «But a Washington Post report on Wednesday blew up that allegation when it revealed that Flynn's name was never "masked" in the first place. "When the FBI circulated [the report], they included Flynn's name from the beginning" because it was essential to understanding its significance, a former senior US official told The Post. "There were therefore no requests for the unmasking of that information."»
«'Obamagate': Fox News focuses on conspiracy theory rather than Covid-19». the Guardian (på engelsk). 14. mai 2020. Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «In recent days, the US president’s favourite network has elevated the spurious “Obamagate” scandal over all other subjects, most obviously the deaths of more than 84,000 Americans in a pandemic which the Trump administration has failed to contain.»
«William Barr says he doesn't expect Obama, Biden will face criminal investigation». CBC. 18. mai 2020. «U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI's handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal charges for former president Barack Obama or former vice-president Joe Biden.»
Cohen, Seth (14. mai 2020). «Obamagate Isn’t A Scandal — It’s Unmasked Something Worse». Forbes (på engelsk). Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «In other words, what the conspiracy theorists, especially the President himself, want is an investigation into something that they claim to be the biggest scandal in American history. It’s so big, it’s so complex, that it requires congressional hearings, testimony of a past president, and the total attention of all Americans.»
«The misrule of law». The Economist. 14. mai 2020. ISSN0013-0613. Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «Mr Trump is now pushing an “Obamagate” theory that Mr Obama and his vice-president, Joe Biden, orchestrated the Russia investigation to hobble him.»
Kiely, Eugene; Robertson, Lori; Farley, Robert (10. desember 2019). «How Old Claims Compare to IG Report». FactCheck.org (på engelsk). Besøkt 11. juni 2020.
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Sattar, Majid (27. mai 2020). «Trumps Geheimdienstkoordinator: Vom rechten Rand». FAZ.NET (på tysk). ISSN0174-4909. Besøkt 27. mai 2020. «Der Präsident fühlte sich nach seinem Freispruch im Senat bestärkt darin, in den Diensten aufzuräumen und angebliche Widerstandsnester des „tiefen Staates“ auszuheben. Nicht zuletzt, um „Obamagate“ zu durchleuchten: die Verschwörungstheorie, sein Vorgänger und dessen Vizepräsident Joe Biden seien die eigentlichen Drahtzieher der sogenannten Russland-Affäre gewesen.»
Sattar, Majid (27. mai 2020). «Trumps Geheimdienstkoordinator: Vom rechten Rand». FAZ.NET (på tysk). ISSN0174-4909. Besøkt 27. mai 2020. «Donald Trump wähnt in Amerikas Geheimdiensten einen „tiefen Staat“, der gegen ihn arbeitet. … Der Präsident fühlte sich nach seinem Freispruch im Senat bestärkt darin, in den Diensten aufzuräumen und angebliche Widerstandsnester des „tiefen Staates“ auszuheben. Nicht zuletzt, um „Obamagate“ zu durchleuchten: die Verschwörungstheorie, sein Vorgänger und dessen Vizepräsident Joe Biden seien die eigentlichen Drahtzieher der sogenannten Russland-Affäre gewesen.»
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Cohen, Seth (14. mai 2020). «Obamagate Isn’t A Scandal — It’s Unmasked Something Worse». Forbes (på engelsk). Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «In other words, what the conspiracy theorists, especially the President himself, want is an investigation into something that they claim to be the biggest scandal in American history. It’s so big, it’s so complex, that it requires congressional hearings, testimony of a past president, and the total attention of all Americans.»
Brewster, Jack (18. mai 2020). «Despite Obamagate Narrative, Trump Trails Biden In Voter Trust». Forbes (på engelsk). Besøkt 20. mai 2020. «However, as Trump seeks to cast his opponent as “corrupt,” he is staring down a gap in voter perception of his own trustworthiness as compared to Biden, a polling deficiency he did not experience for much of the 2016 race.»
Cohen, Seth (14. mai 2020). «Obamagate Isn’t A Scandal — It’s Unmasked Something Worse». Forbes (på engelsk). Besøkt 24. mai 2020. «The proponents of Obamagate, especially President Trump, would have you believe the back in 2016 President Obama, Vice-President Biden, former FBI Director James Comey, and a myriad of national security officials, so-called “deep state” bureaucrats and shady figures from around the globe, hatched a conspiracy targeting President Trump and members of his inner cadre of advisors. Allegedly, as part of this so-called (and entirely unproven) effort, former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was targeted and illegally wiretapped in order to frame him, Trump, and others with crimes related to collusion with Russia.»
Garcia, Victor (11. mai 2020). «Hemingway: Obama, Comey 'started hatching their plan' in early 2017 to cover up spying on Trump campaign». Fox News (på engelsk). Besøkt 26. mai 2020. «The Federalist senior editor and Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway told "The Ingraham Angle" Monday that new information proves former President Barack Obama sought to use the Russia investigation to hinder the incoming Trump administration. … "And that's where they started hatching their plan to make sure that the incoming administration would not find out what they had been doing or what they planned to continue doing in terms of spying on the Trump campaign and people affiliated with it," she added.»
Phillips, Morgan (11. mai 2020). «Trump escalates feud with Obama, insists ex-president was involved in ‘crime’». Fox News (på engelsk). Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «President Trump on Monday escalated his feud with former President Obama, insisting during a news conference that his predecessor committed a “crime” but refusing to dive into details.»
Garcia, Victor (11. mai 2020). «Tucker Carlson bashes Obama over Russia investigation, says he used FBI 'to hurt his political enemies'». Fox News (på engelsk). Besøkt 13. mai 2020. «"The president of the United States turned to the head of the FBI, the most powerful law enforcement official in America, and said, 'Continue to secretly investigate my chief political rival so that I can act against him.' [Then-FBI Director James] Comey's response? 'Yes, sir,'" Carlson said. "That's what Obama was saying, openly.»
Garcia, Victor (11. mai 2020). «Hemingway: Obama, Comey 'started hatching their plan' in early 2017 to cover up spying on Trump campaign». Fox News (på engelsk). Besøkt 16. mai 2020. «The Federalist senior editor and Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway told "The Ingraham Angle" Monday that new information proves former President Barack Obama sought to use the Russia investigation to hinder the incoming Trump administration.»
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News, A. B. C. (11. desember 2019). «DOJ watchdog defends Russia investigation report against AG Barr's criticism». ABC News (på engelsk). Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «"We did not find any documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the FBI's decision to conduct these operations [involving confidential human sources]. Additionally, we found no evidence that the FBI attempted to place any CHSs (confidential human sources) within the Trump campaign, recruit members of the Trump campaign as CHSs, or task CHSs to report on the Trump campaign," he said.»
«How a pair of Donald Trump tweets created an 'Obamagate' domino effect in the Senate». The Independent (på engelsk). 19. mai 2020. Besøkt 20. mai 2020. «Make no mistake: Senate Republicans, including Mr Graham, had already been leaning hard into investigations into the president’s Obamagate theory, even before Mr Trump coined the term. That’s despite a report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz that found no evidence of political bias in the FBI’s conduct of its 2016 counterintelligence operation but did highlight several flaws in some applications for surveillance warrants.»
News, A. B. C. (11. desember 2019). «DOJ watchdog defends Russia investigation report against AG Barr's criticism». ABC News (på engelsk). Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «"We did not find any documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the FBI's decision to conduct these operations [involving confidential human sources]. Additionally, we found no evidence that the FBI attempted to place any CHSs (confidential human sources) within the Trump campaign, recruit members of the Trump campaign as CHSs, or task CHSs to report on the Trump campaign," he said.»
«How a pair of Donald Trump tweets created an 'Obamagate' domino effect in the Senate». The Independent (på engelsk). 19. mai 2020. Besøkt 20. mai 2020. «Make no mistake: Senate Republicans, including Mr Graham, had already been leaning hard into investigations into the president’s Obamagate theory, even before Mr Trump coined the term. That’s despite a report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz that found no evidence of political bias in the FBI’s conduct of its 2016 counterintelligence operation but did highlight several flaws in some applications for surveillance warrants.»
«Trump press secretary scolds media for not spreading Obamagate conspiracy». The Independent (på engelsk). 23. mai 2020. Besøkt 23. mai 2020. «White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany admonished the press corps on Friday for refusing to promote unproven theories suggesting Barack Obama and other administration officials sought to undermine Donald Trump‘s campaign and election with the “unmasking” of the president’s former aide.»
«Trump puts Obamagate theory centre stage in chaos over FISA reauthorisation». The Independent (på engelsk). 27. mai 2020. Besøkt 27. mai 2020. «Mr Trump has threatened to hold up the process while Senate Republicans investigate his unsubstantiated "Obamagate" theory, which maintains that the former president and his intelligence brass sought in 2016 and 2017 to undermine Mr Trump's incoming administration with sham investigations into Russian election interference and possible ties between the country and Mr Trump's 2016 campaign.»
«Obama tweets ‘vote’ in answer to Trump’s ‘Obamagate’ conspiracy theory». The Independent (på engelsk). 15. mai 2020. Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «Whilst the coronavirus crisis continues across the US, Mr Trump and senior Republicans have turned to pushing the “Obamagate” plot in an apparent attempt to pass blame for their mistakes.»
«Republicans distance themselves from Trump’s ‘Spygate’ conspiracy theory». Los Angeles Times (på engelsk). 30. mai 2018. Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «While President Trump still touts the unfounded claim that the Obama administration improperly spied on his 2016 campaign, senior Republican lawmakers have steered clear of the conspiracy theory since they received classified briefings last week on the role of an FBI confidential informant in an investigation aimed at unmasking Russian interference in the election.»
«Editorial: One of Trump's favorite Obama conspiracy theories was just thoroughly debunked». Los Angeles Times (på engelsk). 10. desember 2019. Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «Not that Inspector General Michael Horowitz lauded the FBI’s handling of the counterintelligence investigation that became the basis for Mueller’s work — to the contrary, he offered pointed criticism of the agency that should spur some necessary reforms. But Horowitz’s report on the origin and evolution of the FBI investigation dismantles the conspiracy theory cherished by the president, a narrative of intelligence community malice that reached the heights of absurdity with his claim that former President Obama “had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory.”»
«Column: Trump's lies distracted the press in 2016. Can journalists do better this time?». Los Angeles Times (på engelsk). 23. mai 2020. Besøkt 23. mai 2020. «President Trump’s attack machine — the one that tells us who is unattractive or creepy, who is stupid or senile, who is corrupt or dangerous or traitorous or ought to be tossed in prison — is gearing up for the final stretch of the 2020 campaign.»
«Opinion: In (sort of) debunking ‘Obamagate,’ Barr actually boosts Trump’s conspiracy theory». Los Angeles Times (på engelsk). 19. mai 2020. Besøkt 24. mai 2020. «But his words and actions continue to provide support for Trump’s overarching narrative that he and his associates were treated unfairly by the previous administration and the “deep state.” One might think of it as a “good cop/ bad cop” routine — except that the good cop and the bad cop are the same guy.»
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«What Trump calls 'Obamagate' is really a bogus conspiracy theory». MSNBC.com (på engelsk). 15. mai 2020. Besøkt 16. mai 2020. «As criticism stacks up against his coronavirus response, Trump and his allies are now accusing Obama of unspecified 'crimes' in a blatant conspiracy theory the president, FOX News, and his allies are calling 'Obamagate.' Tim Miller joins to thoroughly debunk it.»
«Flynn's name was never 'masked' in FBI report on call with Russian». NBC News (på engelsk). 21. mai 2020. Besøkt 26. mai 2020. «A former senior intelligence official said FBI reports based on FISA collection, unlike reports from the National Security Agency, generally do not "mask" the names of Americans because the FBI is a domestic law enforcement agency and the conduct of Americans is part of its purview.»
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Gooding, George (16. mai 2020). «NRK spiller dumme om «obamagate»». Nettavisen. ««Ingen vet helt hva det betyr» lød det fra NRK om Trumps fremheving av emneknaggen #obamagate. Det kan godt hende NRK er for inkompetente til å skjønne det, men å hevde at «ingen» vet er en løgn.»
Westhrin, Veronica (16. mai 2020). «Derfor kommer «Obamagate» nå». NRK. Besøkt 16. mai 2020. «I løpet av én dag, på den amerikanske morsdagen 10. mai, kom Trump med over 120 twittermeldinger, blant annet om «Obamagate», til sine 80 millioner følgere. Men hva mener han egentlig med det?»
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Sommerfeldt, Chris. «Barr shoots down Trump’s ‘Obamagate’ accusations, says ex-president won’t face ‘criminal investigation’». nydailynews.com. Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «Barr’s comments are likely to unnerve Trump, who has for days claimed completely without evidence that Obama, Biden and other top members of that administration perpetuated the “biggest political crime in American history" because the FBI investigated his campaign. Despite the astonishing accusation, Trump has struggled to even explain what crime he believes his predecessor committed, invariably only referring to the alleged offense as “Obamagate.”»
Savage, Charlie; Goldman, Adam (11. desember 2019). «Withering Criticism of F.B.I. as Watchdog Presents Russia Inquiry Findings». The New York Times (på engelsk). ISSN0362-4331. Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «The Justice Department inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, debunked President Trump’s accusations that the F.B.I. conspired to overthrow his presidency, but also said that serious errors he found in court filings meant his report was no exoneration.»
Goldberg, Michelle (15. mai 2020). «Opinion | Obamagate Is a Fake Scandal. Rick Bright Described a Real One.». The New York Times (på engelsk). ISSN0362-4331. Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «“The darkest winter in modern history” may soon be upon us, while Trumpists are obsessed with a new conspiracy theory. Recently people on the right have started pushing a ludicrous pseudo-scandal they’re calling Obamagate. It holds that investigations by Barack Obama’s administration into Russia’s attack on the 2016 U.S. presidential election were a form of illicit sabotage of Donald Trump and his team. The story doesn’t really make sense, which is why, when asked about Obamagate, President Trump couldn’t describe it.»
«Unmut bei Trump: Sein Justizminister hat kein Interesse an strafrechtlichen Ermittlungen gegen Barack Obama und Joe Biden | NZZ». Neue Zürcher Zeitung (på tysk). 19. mai 2020. Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «Trump bezeichnet diesen angeblichen Skandal mit dem Schlagwort «Obamagate», und seit dem 10. Mai prangert er die angeblichen Machenschaften seines Vorgängers fast täglich an, entweder im Weissen Haus oder auf dem Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter. Der Republikaner wirft dem Demokraten vor, seine Präsidentschaft mit der Russland-Affäre sabotiert zu haben – weil Justiz- und Geheimdienstkreise nach dem Wahlsieg Trumps im November 2016 falsche Gerüchte über eine angebliche Kooperation zwischen dem neuen amerikanischen Präsidenten und Regierungsstellen in Moskau in die Welt gesetzt hätten. Zudem habe die Bundespolizei FBI seinem ersten Sicherheitsberater Michael Flynn, der Kontakte mit Russlands Botschaft in Washington hatte, gezielt eine Falle gestellt, in die Flynn kurz nach Amtsantritt im Januar 2017 getappt sei.»
Renzo Ruf, Washington (19. mai 2020). «Unmut bei Trump: Sein Justizminister hat kein Interesse an strafrechtlichen Ermittlungen gegen Barack Obama und Joe Biden | NZZ». Neue Zürcher Zeitung (på tysk). Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «Doch am Montag machte der Justizminister an einer Pressekonferenz klar, dass er sich nicht vollständig von Trump vereinnahmen lassen will – oder dass er zumindest öffentlich den Eindruck erwecken möchte, der Chef des Justizministeriums sei parteipolitisch unabhängig. Also sagte Barr, er wehre sich dagegen, dass seine Behörde in der heissen Wahlkampfphase erneut für «politische Zwecke» missbraucht werde, so wie dies vor vier Jahren der Fall gewesen sei. Er rief in Erinnerung, dass selbst «himmelschreiende» Formen von Machtmissbrauch nicht zwingend bedeuteten, dass jemand gegen Strafgesetze auf Bundesebene verstossen habe. Basierend auf seinem aktuellen Wissensstand, rechne er deshalb nicht mit strafrechtlichen Ermittlungen gegen Obama oder Biden, sagte Barr. Im Visier der Untersuchung von Staatsanwalt John Durham, der die Vorgeschichte der Russland-Affäre untersucht, stünden andere Personen. Namen allerdings nannte der Justizminister keine.»
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Lima, Cristiano. «Trump: If FBI 'implanted' officials in my campaign, it would be 'biggest political scandal' in history». POLITICO (på engelsk). Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «"Reports are there was indeed at least one FBI representative implanted, for political purposes, into my campaign for president. It took place very early on, and long before the phony Russia Hoax became a “hot” Fake News story," the president tweeted.»
Oprysko, Caitlin (9. desember 2019). «Here are the Russia probe conspiracy theories debunked by the DOJ inspector general report». POLITICO (på engelsk). Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «While the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, ripped the FBI‘s handling of applications for surveillance warrants on members of the Trump campaign, he also determined that the yearslong investigation into whether President Donald Trump or members of his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to interfere in his election had not been tainted by political bias and was adequately predicated. It also debunked a number of conspiracy theories advanced by the president or his allies over the last several years. Here are some of the top claims refuted by Horowitz‘s report.»
O'Donovan, Brian (24. mai 2020). «'Obamagate' - Trump's latest political weapon». RTE (på engelsk). Besøkt 24. mai 2020. «Donald Trump's supporters and conservative media commentators have latched onto 'Obamagate' as a vague conspiracy theory linked to a "deep state" attempt to destroy the Trump presidency just before Barack Obama left office.»
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«AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP falsehoods on Flynn, Biden, virus». The Seattle Times (på engelsk). 18. mai 2020. Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «Broadly dubbing his allegations “Obamagate,” Trump points to unspecified conspiracies against himself in 2016 and suggests the disclosure of Flynn’s name as part of legal U.S. surveillance of foreign targets was criminal and motivated by partisan politics. There’s no evidence of that.»
«AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP falsehoods on Flynn, Biden, virus». The Seattle Times (på engelsk). 18. mai 2020. Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee: “The unmasking of General Flynn by the Obama Administration regarding conversations during the presidential transition are deeply troubling and smell of politics, not national security.” — statement Wednesday.»
«AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP falsehoods on Flynn, Biden, virus». The Seattle Times (på engelsk). 18. mai 2020. Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «But there is nothing illegal about unmasking. The declassified document also states that the unmasking requests were approved through the National Security Agency’s “standard process.”»
«USA: Warum Donald Trump seinen Vorgänger Barack Obama attackiert - DER SPIEGEL - Politik». www.spiegel.de (på tysk). Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «Für Trump und seine Unterstützer ist das eine suboptimale Nachricht, vorsichtig formuliert. Sie würden Obama und Biden am liebsten auf der Anklagebank sehen: Seit Wochen verbreiten sie unter dem Hashtag "Obamagate" eine Verschwörungstheorie, nach der Obama und Biden die eigentlichen Drahtzieher hinter der Russlandaffäre sein sollen. Der Vorwurf: Die beiden demokratischen Politiker hätten die letzten Wochen ihrer Amtszeit 2016 dazu missbraucht, angebliche Verbindungen zwischen Trumps Wahlkampfteam und russischen Agenten aufzubauschen. In der Folge sei es dann zu den Russlandermittlungen von Robert Mueller gekommen, die die erste Hälfte von Trumps Amtszeit überschatteten.»
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«"Obamagate": Wie Trump seine aktuelle Lieblings-Verschwörungstheorie um die Ohren fliegt». stern.de (på tysk). 21. mai 2020. Besøkt 21. mai 2020. «Glaubt man Donald Trump, hat sein Amtsvorgänger Barack Obama "das schlimmste politische Verbrechen in der Geschichte" begangen. Doch politisches Kapital wird der US-Präsident kaum daraus ziehen können. Denn die Verschwörungstheorie wird nun ausgerechnet von ihren vermeintlichen Beweisen widerlegt.»
Smith, David (9. desember 2019). «FBI's Trump-Russia inquiry wasn't biased against president, watchdog finds». The Guardian (på engelsk). ISSN0261-3077. Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «A report by the justice department’s inspector general demolished three years of claims by the president that he was the victim of a “deep state” conspiracy and that the investigation was based on a dossier compiled by an ex-British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele.»
«William Barr says he doesn't expect Obama, Biden will face criminal investigation». CBC. 18. mai 2020. «U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI's handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal charges for former president Barack Obama or former vice-president Joe Biden.»
«'Obamagate': Fox News focuses on conspiracy theory rather than Covid-19». the Guardian (på engelsk). 14. mai 2020. Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «In recent days, the US president’s favourite network has elevated the spurious “Obamagate” scandal over all other subjects, most obviously the deaths of more than 84,000 Americans in a pandemic which the Trump administration has failed to contain.»
Ecarma, Caleb. «Trump’s “Obamagate” Obsession Finds a Friendly Audience on Fox». Vanity Fair (på engelsk). Besøkt 18. mai 2020. «Donald Trump insisted that his administration is the victim of the worst government conspiracy in U.S. history, a likely preview of his reelection messaging strategy. “This is the greatest political scam, hoax, in the history of our country,” said the president, adding that “people should be going to jail for this stuff,” remarks that Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo agreed with.»
«Eksperter om «Obamagate»: – Dette er ren tåkelegging». www.vg.no. 15. mai 2020. Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «– Du kan kalle det en konspirasjonsteori, men det er mer en slags påkalling av alle anklager som noensinne har vært rettet mot Obama. Den appellerer både til de som er langt ute i tralala-land og tror Obama og Hillary Clinton kidnapper barn og holder dem fanget i militærleirer under jorden, og mer mainstream konservative som mener den forrige administrasjonen gjorde kritikkverdige ting knyttet til overvåkning og rettsprosedyre, sier forsker Asbjørn Dyredal til VG.»
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«What is Obamagate?». Voice of America (på engelsk). 15. mai 2020. Besøkt 16. mai 2020. «In this new iteration being hotly promoted by Trump and his right-wing allies, Obama officials in the waning days of his administration conspired to entrap Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, as part of a larger plot to bring down the incoming president. … As early as March 2017, Trump alleged that Obama had illegally wiretapped the billionaire businessman at Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential election campaign, comparing the alleged surveillance to the Nixon-era Watergate scandal. The following year, Trump claimed that the FBI had planted an informant inside his campaign, dubbing the alleged conspiracy "Spygate.»
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Beauchamp, Zack (25. mai 2018). «"Spygate," the false allegation that the FBI had a spy in the Trump campaign, explained». Vox (på engelsk). Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «Trump and Republicans say that Halper was a spy planted in the Trump campaign by the Obama administration “for political purposes” — in other words, to hurt Trump’s electoral chances. The president has dubbed this “SPYGATE,” calling it a “scandal the likes of which this country may never have seen before!”»
«Kayleigh McEnany accuses White House press corps of 'journalistic malpractice' for lack of focus on 'Obamagate'». Washington Examiner (på engelsk). 26. mai 2020. Besøkt 27. mai 2020. «"Journalism is a great and noble profession. But there's been a dearth of journalists asking the real questions for President Obama, the criminal leak of Michael Flynn's identity, who leaked that identity, the dossier which was used to launch a three-year investigation into this president and spy on his campaign — why aren't those questions being asked?" she said.»
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«Analysis | 4 takeaways from the Horowitz report on the Russia investigation». Washington Post (på engelsk). 9. desember 2019. Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «1. A triple rebuke to Trump’s conspiracy theories… ..."found no evidence that the FBI attempted to place any [Confidential Human Sources] within the Trump campaign, recruit members of the Trump campaign as CHSs, or task CHSs to report on the Trump campaign."»
Aaron Blake (9. desember 2019). «4 takeaways from the Horowitz report on the Russia investigation» (på engelsk). Washington Post. Arkivert fra originalen 29. april 2020. «...found no evidence that the FBI attempted to place any Confidential Human Sources within the Trump campaign, recruit members of the Trump campaign as CHSs, or task CHSs to report on the Trump campaign.»
«AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP falsehoods on Flynn, Biden, virus». The Seattle Times (på engelsk). 18. mai 2020. Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «But there is nothing illegal about unmasking. The declassified document also states that the unmasking requests were approved through the National Security Agency’s “standard process.”»
«Opinion | Obamagate was the worst crime ever committed and here is what it was». Washington Post (på engelsk). 14. mai 2020. Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «The rule of law is suffering from the people in charge of the government right now. Their pandemic response has not been all that could be hoped. It is a total disaster and an absolute fiasco, what is going on in the White House right now, or, as I guess we must refer to it, Obamagate. And everyone knew exactly what it was.»
«The shape-shifting genius of Obamagate». Washington Post. 20. mai 2020. «Republicans matched recent years' Russiagate with Pizzagate and Spygate, which is either a precursor to or component of Obamagate,»
Aaron Blake (9. desember 2019). «4 takeaways from the Horowitz report on the Russia investigation» (på engelsk). Washington Post. Arkivert fra originalen 29. april 2020. «...found no evidence that the FBI attempted to place any Confidential Human Sources within the Trump campaign, recruit members of the Trump campaign as CHSs, or task CHSs to report on the Trump campaign.»
Smith, David (9. desember 2019). «FBI's Trump-Russia inquiry wasn't biased against president, watchdog finds». The Guardian (på engelsk). ISSN0261-3077. Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «A report by the justice department’s inspector general demolished three years of claims by the president that he was the victim of a “deep state” conspiracy and that the investigation was based on a dossier compiled by an ex-British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele.»
Savage, Charlie; Goldman, Adam (11. desember 2019). «Withering Criticism of F.B.I. as Watchdog Presents Russia Inquiry Findings». The New York Times (på engelsk). ISSN0362-4331. Besøkt 28. mai 2020. «The Justice Department inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, debunked President Trump’s accusations that the F.B.I. conspired to overthrow his presidency, but also said that serious errors he found in court filings meant his report was no exoneration.»
«The misrule of law». The Economist. 14. mai 2020. ISSN0013-0613. Besøkt 19. mai 2020. «Mr Trump is now pushing an “Obamagate” theory that Mr Obama and his vice-president, Joe Biden, orchestrated the Russia investigation to hobble him.»
Goldberg, Michelle (15. mai 2020). «Opinion | Obamagate Is a Fake Scandal. Rick Bright Described a Real One.». The New York Times (på engelsk). ISSN0362-4331. Besøkt 15. mai 2020. «“The darkest winter in modern history” may soon be upon us, while Trumpists are obsessed with a new conspiracy theory. Recently people on the right have started pushing a ludicrous pseudo-scandal they’re calling Obamagate. It holds that investigations by Barack Obama’s administration into Russia’s attack on the 2016 U.S. presidential election were a form of illicit sabotage of Donald Trump and his team. The story doesn’t really make sense, which is why, when asked about Obamagate, President Trump couldn’t describe it.»
«William Barr says he doesn't expect Obama, Biden will face criminal investigation». CBC. 18. mai 2020. «U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI's handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal charges for former president Barack Obama or former vice-president Joe Biden.»
Sattar, Majid (27. mai 2020). «Trumps Geheimdienstkoordinator: Vom rechten Rand». FAZ.NET (på tysk). ISSN0174-4909. Besøkt 27. mai 2020. «Der Präsident fühlte sich nach seinem Freispruch im Senat bestärkt darin, in den Diensten aufzuräumen und angebliche Widerstandsnester des „tiefen Staates“ auszuheben. Nicht zuletzt, um „Obamagate“ zu durchleuchten: die Verschwörungstheorie, sein Vorgänger und dessen Vizepräsident Joe Biden seien die eigentlichen Drahtzieher der sogenannten Russland-Affäre gewesen.»
Sattar, Majid (27. mai 2020). «Trumps Geheimdienstkoordinator: Vom rechten Rand». FAZ.NET (på tysk). ISSN0174-4909. Besøkt 27. mai 2020. «Donald Trump wähnt in Amerikas Geheimdiensten einen „tiefen Staat“, der gegen ihn arbeitet. … Der Präsident fühlte sich nach seinem Freispruch im Senat bestärkt darin, in den Diensten aufzuräumen und angebliche Widerstandsnester des „tiefen Staates“ auszuheben. Nicht zuletzt, um „Obamagate“ zu durchleuchten: die Verschwörungstheorie, sein Vorgänger und dessen Vizepräsident Joe Biden seien die eigentlichen Drahtzieher der sogenannten Russland-Affäre gewesen.»
