Donald Trump says Obama ‘owes me big’ for Supreme Court immunity ruling

President Trump on Friday said former President Barack Obama “owes me big” for the Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling in Mr. Trump’s favor last year now that Mr. Obama is under scrutiny by the Justice Department for potential criminal behavior.

Mr. Trump said Mr. Obama “led a coup” with his fellow administration officials on the Russia hoax, but when asked by a reporter on the White House South Lawn if last year’s Supreme Court immunity decision would help Mr. Obama legally, the president admitted it likely would.

Mr. Trump said the high court’s decision, which favored him when he was fighting lower court criminal cases lobbed against him during his last presidential campaign, “probably helps (President Obama) a lot —  the immunity ruling,” he said. “But it doesn’t help the people around him at all. But it probably helps him a lot.  He’s done criminal acts, there’s no question about it. But he has immunity, and it probably helps him a lot. … He owes me big.  Obama owes me big.”

The president has called for the former president to be investigated after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified records that appear to show members of the Obama administration plotted against Mr. Trump in 2016 and 2017.

This includes investigating the old Obama team of John O. Brennan at the CIA, James B. Comey at the FBI and James R. Clapper at National Intelligence for faking information that launched the Trump–Russia collusion narrative.

Ms. Gabbard said the Obama administration “manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a yearslong coup against President Trump” on the back of the debunked Russian interference allegation.

She said all the documents uncovered are going to the Justice Department and FBI for a criminal referral.

Mr. Obama has disputed these allegations from the Trump administration. Through a spokesperson, he described the allegations as a “weak attempt at distraction.”