19 Oct 2026 7:08 am
Yell, Uncle.....when you've had enough, Dodger.
The argument that former President Barack Obama was complicit in a coordinated effort to discredit and undermine Donald Trump is built on the premise that the highest levels of the executive branch and federal intelligence agencies were weaponized for partisan purposes. Often referred to in conservative circles as "Spygate" or "Obamagate," this viewpoint frames the events surrounding the 2016 election and the subsequent transition of power not as standard counterintelligence operations, but as an institutional effort to protect Hillary Clinton's candidacy and hobble the incoming Trump administration.
The core elements of the conservative argument regarding Obama's involvement include:
1. The Weaponization of the Intelligence Community.
A central pillar of the conservative perspective is that the Obama administration authorized or turned a blind eye to the politicization of the FBI, CIA, and Department of Justice.
- The Steele Dossier: Conservatives highlight that the FBI utilized the unverified, Clinton-campaign-funded Steele Dossier to secure Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page. From a conservative viewpoint, the administration’s intelligence apparatus knowingly used a partisan opposition research document to justify domestic surveillance on a rival political campaign.