On Sunday night, President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social depicting former President Barack Obama being arrested and thrown into prison. Needless to say, this move has sparked outrage from the Left.
The video opens with a clip of Obama declaring to a crowd, “No one, especially the president, is above the law.” The theme from Larry David’s hit show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, begins to play as a montage unfolds, featuring prominent Democrats — from Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi to New York Attorney General Letitia James — repeating the same message: “No one is above the law.”
The soundtrack shifts to the song “YMCA” as the scene cuts to the Oval Office, where Trump and Obama are seen chatting. Trump smiles as FBI agents suddenly surround Obama, arrest him, place him in handcuffs, and toss him into a jail cell. In the last scene, Obama is depicted behind bars dressed in an orange jumpsuit.
A second post featured AI-generated mugshots of Obama and seven of his closest advisors with the caption, “How did Samantha Power make all of that money???”
This was a pointed jab at allegations that Power benefited financially from her tenure as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Trump is clearly gloating over the release of more than 100 documents on Friday by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, which shed light on Obama’s role in manipulating and politicizing the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian interference in the 2016 election — an effort aimed at undermining the legitimacy of the incoming Trump administration.
And who can blame him? The manufactured ICA went far beyond dirty politics. It hamstrung the first two years of Trump’s presidency and arguably laid the groundwork for his first impeachment. It also sowed deep divisions among the American people and plunged the country into years of political turmoil, media hysteria, and mistrust in its institutions.
Democrats claim the release of these documents is merely a distraction from the so-called “scandal” surrounding the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files.
But that narrative doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. The document release has been in the works for months.
In fact, even before the recent uproar over the Epstein files, CIA Director John Ratcliffe had already initiated a review of the ICA — a process that began back in May.
For all we know, Obama may ultimately be shielded from legal consequences by the recent Supreme Court ruling that grants former presidents immunity from criminal prosecution for “official acts” undertaken during their time in office. That decision could very well serve as a legal firewall against any serious accountability.
However, it’s important to note that this immunity does not extend to “private” or “personal” acts — those that fall outside the bounds of official presidential duties. Whether Obama’s alleged actions fall into that category is a question for the courts to decide, and as I’ve said before, I’m not a lawyer.
What is clear, though, is that the American public deserves the truth. For years, we were told that the Obama administration was scandal-free — a model of transparency and integrity. But as more documents emerge and scrutiny deepens, that carefully curated image is beginning to crack.
The mounting evidence makes it harder than ever to maintain the illusion that Obama’s presidency was beyond reproach. In reality, it appears to have been steeped in political manipulation, selective enforcement, and institutional overreach. It’s long past time the public stops buying into the myth of a “scandal-free” administration and reckons with the truth: Obama’s presidency was anything but clean.
Elizabeth writes commentary for Legal Insurrection and The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Please follow Elizabeth on X or LinkedIn.
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