United States President Donald Trump has posted an AI-generated video of Barrack Obama, his first term predecessor, being arrested by operatives of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Trump posted the video on his Truth Social account late Sunday night, days after Tusli Gabbard, director of national intelligence, said Obama officials “manufactured intelligence” that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump had defeated Hilary Clinton, the democratic candidate, to win the polls.
Gabbard said she was turning over evidence to the justice department for possible criminal referrals.
The Truth Social video started with real clips of democratic leaders, including Obama and former President Joe Biden saying, “no one is above the law”.
In the latter seconds, a manipulated footage of an Oval Office meeting that took place in November 2016 between then-President Obama and Trump played. The meeting held days after Trump defeated Clinton.
The manipulated footage later showed as FBI agents burst into the meeting, pushed Obama into a kneeling position and handcuffed him as Trump looks on smiling.
The former president is then led away and subsequently seen wearing an orange jumpsuit in a prison.
“Y.M.C.A.” by the Village People plays all through the fake events. The song is often played at Trump’s campaign rallies.
There has been no public reactions from Obama.
Trump’s video repost comes as he is embroiled in a controversy around Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender — a debate that has roiled conspiracy theorists and split his base.
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