Former White House doctor stands by comments about Obama
Retired Navy Adm. Ronny Jackson (R) doubled down on a tweet that he made about former President Obama on Wednesday, in which he accused Obama of weaponizing the federal government against President Trump.
A medical doctor, Jackson served as White House physician for both Obama and Trump, before deciding to run for Congress this election cycle in Texas’s 13th Congressional District.
“I stand by my comments calling out President Obama’s administration for weaponizing our government to spy on President Trump and his supporters,” Jackson said in a statement on Thursday.
“I will never apologize for standing up to protect America’s national security interests and constitutional freedoms, even if that means triggering liberals and the ‘mainstream media,'” he added.
Jackson’s initial tweet referred to a series of tweets that Trump made on Mother’s Day.
Trump tweeted “OBAMAGATE” and then retweeted conservative commentator Buck Sexton, who claimed that “the outgoing president” — in reference to Obama — “used his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration.”
“The Judiciary Committee will begin holding multiple, in-depth congressional hearings regarding all things related to Crossfire Hurricane starting in early June,” Graham said.
Trump on Thursday morning said in a tweet, “If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama.”
Graham, however, sidestepped the idea that he would force the former president to testify.
“As to the Judiciary Committee, both presidents are welcome to come before the committee and share their concerns about each other. If nothing else it would make for great television. However, I have great doubts about whether it would be wise for the country,” he said.
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