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President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 11, 2020.
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By Mario Parker

May 14, 2020 at 2:42 PM UTC

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May 14, 2020 at 5:35 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump said that if he were a lawmaker, the first person he would call to testify about the “biggest political crime and scandal” in U.S. history would be former President Barack Obama.

“He knew EVERYTHING,” Trump wrote in a tweet on Thursday, referring to Obama.