The Sprawling Government Effort to Prosecute Barack Obama

全面铺开政府起诉奥巴马的努力

The Daily

2025-08-13

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Over the past few weeks, the most senior intelligence officials in the federal government have released a series of new documents which they claim shows that, starting in 2016, President Barack Obama and his deputies carried out a criminal conspiracy against President Trump. Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains what’s behind the sudden re-emergence on the Trump-Russia saga, and what happens when heads of the C.I.A., F.B.I. and Justice Department all turn their attention to the president’s domestic enemies. Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, covering Washington. Background reading:  In targeting Mr. Obama, Mr. Trump’s retribution campaign has taken another turn.A spokesman for Mr. Obama said that Mr. Trump’s accusations were ”ridiculous” and “weak.”For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York Times Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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  • This is The Daily.

  • Over the past few weeks,

  • the most senior intelligence officials in the federal government have released a series of new documents that they claim shows that President Obama and his deputies carried out a criminal conspiracy against President Trump starting in 2016.

  • Today, Mike Schmidt on what's behind the sudden re-emergence of the Trump-Russia saga,

  • and what happens when the heads of the CIA, FBI,

  • and DOJ all turn their attention to the president's domestic enemies.

  • It's Wednesday, August 13th.

  • Mike, I think for a lot of us,

  • this all started a couple of weeks ago inside the White House press briefing room.

  • Hello.

  • Good afternoon, everybody.

  • And I wonder if you can take us back to that moment.

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