https://www.axios.com/obama-slams-trump-foreign-policy-11df5b10-f35a-4db6-92bc-d96514f65ace.html
On Trump's tweets accusing his predecessor of spying on his campaign and other serious alleged abuses that the president has said should see him indicted, Obama said other Republicans "tend to just pretend it doesn't happen."
Obama said he didn't read the tweet in which Trump suggested he should be indicted. "The allegations are so absurd that even Republican controlled committees looking into it have dismissed them," he added. "And I'm concerned about it."
He said that Attorney General Bill Barr had "dismissed" the claims. He added this was an example of a larger problem: "the politicization of the criminal justice system, the intelligence system, the military," which he noted as a central foundation of democracy
On Trump's attacks on Hillary Clinton, Obama said the president "did the same thing" with the " lock her up" theme.
"I'm not surprised by it, that it continues. I'm disappointed that Republicans who know better have not checked him on this.
On misinformation and conspiracy theories, Obama said the problem would "outlast Trump."
"Trump is a symptom of it and an accelerant to it. But he did not create it. .. when you look at insane conspiracy theories like QAnon seeping into the mainstream of the Republican Party, what that tells you is that there are no more guardrails within that media ecosystem," he added.
Context: At least 11 Republican congressional nominees have publicly supported or defended the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory movement or some of its tenets. The Trump-endorsed Lauren Boebert, a QAnon supporter, defeated five-term Rep. Scott Tipton in Colorado's June 30 Republican primary for the 3rd congressional district.