5 key takeaways from latest 'Russiagate' revelations: 'This was treason'

3. Trump accuses Obama of treason: ‘They did things that nobody's ever even imagined’

During a press gaggle in the Oval Office on Tuesday with the Philippine president, Trump escalated his rhetoric by accusing Obama of treason, which prompted a rare statement from Obama's spokesperson.

Trump accused Obama of being the “ringleader” in the attempt to subvert the 2016 presidential election with weaponized, manufactured intelligence, but said he has been “shielded by the press for his entire life.”

“It was President Obama,” Trump said regarding Russiagate. “It wasn't lots of people all over the place — it was them, too — but the leader of the gang was President Obama, Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him?”

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“Look, he's guilty. It's not a question. … It's there. He's guilty. This was treason. This was every word you can think of.”

“They tried to steal the election, they tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody's ever even imagined, even in other countries,” Trump said.

Trump added that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also played a major role, and that Gabbard has “thousands of additional documents coming,” which he suggested will further incriminate the Obama administration.

"So President Obama, it was his concept — his idea," Trump said. "But he also got it from crooked Hillary Clinton — crooked as a $3 bill, and Hillary Clinton and her group, the Democrats, spent $12 million to Christopher Steele to write up a report that was a total fake report."