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Throughout its entirety, the Obama administration attempted to [[criminal]]ize political opposition,<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbasile/2014/01/31/obamas-weaponization-of-government/#41198a711b92 Obama's Weaponization of Government], Tom Basile, ''Forbes'', Jan 31, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273552/lefts-march-one-party-state-frontpagemagcom The Left's March to a One-Party State], April 24, 2019. Frontpagemag.com</ref> first by an illegal misuse of the [[IRS]] targeting conservative groups, and when they were caught began misusing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act database in 2012 to spy on American citizens.<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/08/doj-political-surveillance-from-the-irs-in-2011-to-the-fisa-court-in-2016/ *DOJ Political Surveillance – From the IRS in 2011 to the FISA Court in 2016], Posted on March 8, 2020 by sundance. theconservativetreehouse.com</ref><ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/23/the-obama-use-of-fisa-702-as-a-domestic-political-surveillance-program/ The Obama Use of FISA-702 as a Domestic Political Surveillance Program], Posted on April 23, 2019 by sundance. theconsevativetreehouse.com</ref><ref>[https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Memorandum Opinion and Order], April 26, 2017, p. 82.</ref> Obama appointed numerous former communists and [[Red diaper baby|red diaper babies]] to important administration positions,<ref>McQuillan, Karin (June 3, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/barack-obama-populated-the-us-government-with-communists Barack Obama populated the US government with communists]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''American Thinker''). Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> and he abused his presidential power several times during his presidency.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/12/pollak-joe-biden-democrats-loved-obamas-abuses-of-presidential-power/ Pollak: Joe Biden, Democrats Loved Obama’s Abuses of Presidential Power]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 12, 2019.</ref>

Throughout its entirety, the Obama administration attempted to [[criminal]]ize political opposition,<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbasile/2014/01/31/obamas-weaponization-of-government/#41198a711b92 Obama's Weaponization of Government], Tom Basile, ''Forbes'', Jan 31, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273552/lefts-march-one-party-state-frontpagemagcom The Left's March to a One-Party State], April 24, 2019. Frontpagemag.com</ref> first by an illegal misuse of the [[IRS]] targeting conservative groups, and when they were caught began misusing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act database in 2012 to spy on American citizens.<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/08/doj-political-surveillance-from-the-irs-in-2011-to-the-fisa-court-in-2016/ *DOJ Political Surveillance – From the IRS in 2011 to the FISA Court in 2016], Posted on March 8, 2020 by sundance. theconservativetreehouse.com</ref><ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/23/the-obama-use-of-fisa-702-as-a-domestic-political-surveillance-program/ The Obama Use of FISA-702 as a Domestic Political Surveillance Program], Posted on April 23, 2019 by sundance. theconsevativetreehouse.com</ref><ref>[https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Memorandum Opinion and Order], April 26, 2017, p. 82.</ref> Obama appointed numerous former communists and [[Red diaper baby|red diaper babies]] to important administration positions,<ref>McQuillan, Karin (June 3, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/barack-obama-populated-the-us-government-with-communists Barack Obama populated the US government with communists]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''American Thinker''). Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> and he abused his presidential power several times during his presidency.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (June 12, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/12/pollak-joe-biden-democrats-loved-obamas-abuses-of-presidential-power/ Pollak: Joe Biden, Democrats Loved Obama’s Abuses of Presidential Power]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 12, 2019.</ref>

By 2015 and 2016, the Obama administration interfered in American elections. It scuttled the investigation into [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[felon]]ious violations of the National Records Act and Espionage Act,<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/fbi-rewrites-federal-law-let-hillary-hook/ FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook], By Andrew C. McCarthy, ''[[National Review]]'', July 5, 2016.</ref> paving the way for her nomination as the [[Democratic party]] presidential candidate, while conducting illegal spying on Republican presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/us/politics/fbi-government-investigator-trump.html F.B.I. Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With Trump Aide in 2016], By Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt and Mark Mazzetti, ''The New York Times'', May 2, 2019</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/02/new-york-times-admits-multiple-spies-deployed-against-trump-campaign/ New York Times Admits Obama Admin Deployed Multiple Spies Against Trump Campaign In 2016], Mollie Hemingway, ''The Federalist'', May 2, 2019.</ref> falsely accusing him of colluding with [[Russia]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/01/barr-trump-russia-treason-agent/ Barr: Trump Was ‘Falsely Accused’ Of Being A Treasonous Russian Agent], Chuck Ross, ''Daily Caller, 05/01/2019.</ref> In doing so, the Obama administration colluded with foreign actors in an effort to [[subversion|subvert]] American [[democracy]].<ref>[https://spectator.org/confirmed-john-brennan-colluded-with-foreign-spies-to-defeat-trump/ Confirmed: John Brennan Colluded With Foreign Spies to Defeat Trump], George Neumayr, ''American Spectator'', April 19, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2019/05/07/how-us-and-foreign-intelligence-agencies-interfered-in-a-us-election/ How US and Foreign Intel Agencies Interfered in a US Election], By Larry C. Johnson, May 7, 2019. consortiumnews.com</ref>  

By 2015 and 2016, the Obama administration interfered in American elections. It scuttled the investigation into [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[felon]]ious violations of the National Records Act and Espionage Act,<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/fbi-rewrites-federal-law-let-hillary-hook/ FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook], By Andrew C. McCarthy, ''[[National Review]]'', July 5, 2016.</ref> paving the way for her nomination as the [[Democratic party]] presidential candidate, while conducting illegal spying on Republican presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/us/politics/fbi-government-investigator-trump.html F.B.I. Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With Trump Aide in 2016], By Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt and Mark Mazzetti, ''The New York Times'', May 2, 2019</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/02/new-york-times-admits-multiple-spies-deployed-against-trump-campaign/ New York Times Admits Obama Admin Deployed Multiple Spies Against Trump Campaign In 2016], [[Mollie Hemingway]], ''The Federalist'', May 2, 2019.</ref> falsely accusing him of colluding with [[Russia]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/01/barr-trump-russia-treason-agent/ Barr: Trump Was ‘Falsely Accused’ Of Being A Treasonous Russian Agent], Chuck Ross, ''Daily Caller, 05/01/2019.</ref> In doing so, the Obama administration colluded with foreign actors in an effort to [[subversion|subvert]] American [[democracy]].<ref>[https://spectator.org/confirmed-john-brennan-colluded-with-foreign-spies-to-defeat-trump/ Confirmed: John Brennan Colluded With Foreign Spies to Defeat Trump], George Neumayr, ''American Spectator'', April 19, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2019/05/07/how-us-and-foreign-intelligence-agencies-interfered-in-a-us-election/ How US and Foreign Intel Agencies Interfered in a US Election], By Larry C. Johnson, May 7, 2019. consortiumnews.com</ref>  

The Obama administration ran a series of entrapment stings against several Trump campaign volunteers using foreign operatives posing as Russian agents.<ref>[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/06/25/the_mysterious_seven_preludes_of_the_fbis_trump-russia_probe.html Seven Mysterious Preludes to the FBI's Trump-Russia Probe], June 26, 2018. realclearinvestigations.com</ref> The Obama administration then [[leak]]ed [[fake news]] to ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[CNN]] and dozens of other [[mainstream media]] news organizations claiming Donald Trump was the handmaid of [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>[https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190923624.001.0001/oso-9780190923624-chapter-6 Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics], Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, and Hal Roberts, Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2018.</ref> The Obama administration then inserted published fake news reports in warrant applications as supposed independent corroboration to gain retroactive approval from the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] for its illegal spying on the Trump campaign which began in the second half of 2015.<ref>[https://sidneypowell.com/media/mueller-report-will-shroud-the-truth-corrupt-cabal-began-illegal-spying-on-trump-in-2015/ MUELLER REPORT WILL SHROUD THE TRUTH: Corrupt Cabal Began Illegal Spying on Trump in 2015], by [[Sidney Powell]], April 16, 2019. sidneypowell.com</ref>

The Obama administration ran a series of entrapment stings against several Trump campaign volunteers using foreign operatives posing as Russian agents.<ref>[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/06/25/the_mysterious_seven_preludes_of_the_fbis_trump-russia_probe.html Seven Mysterious Preludes to the FBI's Trump-Russia Probe], June 26, 2018. realclearinvestigations.com</ref> The Obama administration then [[leak]]ed [[fake news]] to ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[CNN]] and dozens of other [[mainstream media]] news organizations claiming Donald Trump was the handmaid of [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>[https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190923624.001.0001/oso-9780190923624-chapter-6 Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics], Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, and Hal Roberts, Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2018.</ref> The Obama administration then inserted published fake news reports in warrant applications as supposed independent corroboration to gain retroactive approval from the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] for its illegal spying on the Trump campaign which began in the second half of 2015.<ref>[https://sidneypowell.com/media/mueller-report-will-shroud-the-truth-corrupt-cabal-began-illegal-spying-on-trump-in-2015/ MUELLER REPORT WILL SHROUD THE TRUTH: Corrupt Cabal Began Illegal Spying on Trump in 2015], by [[Sidney Powell]], April 16, 2019. sidneypowell.com</ref>