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What tens of millions have suspected, and for good reason, is that Barack Obama was deeply involved in the Russia collusion hoax that was intended to derail Donald Trump’s first presidency, a plot that Trump bluntly called “treason.” Obama of course refuted the claim through a flack. OK, then, let’s have him voice his denial under oath. If he did nothing wrong, he should be eager set the record straight.

We’re advocating neither a fishing expedition nor a witch hunt because we find Obama to be an odious fellow. There are plenty of those out there on the left, and to take lawful action against them all would consume more time and resources than are available.

What we want is the truth, and it’s looking as if the facts show that both Hillary Clinton and Obama were part of the cabal that tried to set up Trump. If true, it is, as some have suggested, the most appalling political scandal in our nation’s history.

Our Investor’s Business Daily colleague and first-rate investigative reporter Paul Sperry last week introduced to the public “a secret 200-page congressional audit that reveals details about how an intelligence community assessment on Russia ordered by President Obama after the 2016 election was framed in a way that portrayed Trump as being beholden to the Kremlin.”

The Trump administration, he reported, is considering building “a criminal conspiracy case against Obama and Biden administration political appointees who allegedly weaponized the government against Trump.”

Sperry quotes an anonymous senior official who told him that “Obama ordered the ICA (Intelligence Community Assessment) to set Trump up and knock him off balance before he could even get started.” It “was an influence operation far more consequential than anything [Russian President Vladimir] Putin cooked up. Obama and Hillary [Clinton] schemed the op, and the CIA and FBI ran it.”

Earlier this week, it was confirmed that the Justice Department has received a criminal referral for a number of Obama-era officials from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who says they “manufactured and politicized intelligence” to “usurp President Trump and subvert the will of the American people.” 

In an official statement, Obama called the assertions “constant nonsense and misinformation,” and “outrageous.”

“These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.” 

In response, Gabbard released Wednesday a declassified report which she says shows “Obama ordered the intelligence community to create an Intelligence Community Assessment they knew was false, promoting a contrived narrative, with the intent of undermining the legitimacy and power of a duly elected president of the United States, Donald Trump.” She also said Wednesday that all relevant documents have been referred to the Justice Department and FBI for a criminal investigation and confirmed that Obama’s role will be looked at.

“The evidence we have found and we have released directly points to President Obama leading the manufacturing of this intelligence assessment,” she said.

Readers can find the report here and decide for themselves if Gabbard is embellishing, Obama is lying, or there is still too much gray area needing to be filled in.

When the “walls were closing in” and the “bombshells” were being dropped on Trump, Obama and members of his party, as well as their media sentries, declared over and again that no one is above the law. In case you doubt this, here’s a supercut of them saying just that over and over. Obama even made of point of saying that no one, “especially the president, is above the law.” If no one is above the law, then no one should be afraid to testify under oath in open court, a congressional hearing or a deposition.

Should Obama ever be required to testify about his role in the malicious scheme, he by all means could choose to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to keep quiet. He might even ask his questioners “what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”

We know that presidents can testify. Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and Gerald Ford all testified before Congress while in office. Former presidents have appeared before various committees and subcommittees more than a dozen times. Bill Clinton testified before a grand jury during his second term, and two of the articles of impeachment against him were perjury charges in connection with his grand jury testimony.

Obama is just one several alleged co-conspirators who should be compelled to testify. The public deserves to hear sworn testimony from Biden, Clinton, who was secretary of state under Obama and Trump’s Democratic Party opponent in the 2016 election, and Obama officials such as Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Secretary of State John Kerry, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey and Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe.

The Democrats and their media lackeys will argue that investigating a previous president is a hallmark of banana republics and is beneath the dignity of our country. No, requiring Obama and others to testify is a legitimate pursuit of justice. It has been Trump’s opponents who have adopted banana republic tactics to try to bury him any way they could.

— Written by the I&I Editorial Board