A Justice Department inspector general report issued last year, however, found that the FBI was not driven by bias in its decision to open investigations into Trump campaign associates and that those probes had an adequate predicate. Durham is said to be investigating at least one potential crime related to the Page warrant. Elie Honig, a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor in New York, dismissed Trump's claim Monday about Obama as "petty and ridiculous.
Second, there's no proof Obama had anything to do with those lawful wiretaps. And third, if we need to get technical and we don't because there's nothing there treason only applies during a declared war," Honig told The Hill. Trump has sought to tie Obama to what he has vaguely described as a nefarious effort by officials in the prior administration to target his campaign, though he has not pointed to specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Until Monday, Trump had declined to name a specific crime he believed his predecessor committed. Afterwards, as he shook hands along the rope line, the New York Times' Ashley Parker asked Romney if he agreed with the woman's comment regarding a "treason" sentence for Obama. But by then, Romney's Democratic opponents had already pounced, accusing him of not standing up to "extreme voices" in his party , as Obama's campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt put it. The "treason" comment came just minutes after Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost, a Romney surrogate on hand to introduce the candidate, offered several scathing attacks on Obama, including his handling of the Osama bin Laden raid.
Noting that the first family has taken "17 vacations" over the last three years, including jaunts to Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, Spain and New York, Yost said Obama should not be likening himself to the "middle class. President, that's not middle class, and you stop lecturing us about our lives.
Asked if Romney agrees with Yost's criticisms, a Romney spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment. But Romney has repeatedly said publicly he believes Obama deserves props for his role in the bin Laden raid. Still, Lis Smith, a spokeswoman for the Obama campaign, trashed the presumptive Republican nominee. Want more of our best political stories? No president has been convicted of treason, so there is no precedent for it.
Addressing the claim about federal judges, Magarian explained that once a judge is confirmed by the Senate and takes the oath of office, nothing that happens to the president who appointed him or her would have an impact. Also, Morrison explained that once federal judges take office, the only way they can be removed is through the impeachment process. Our previous stories can be found here.
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