Former President Barack Obama issued a rare response to President Donald Trump‘s call on Tuesday for the Department to investigate and prosecute the former president. Though Obama was a vocal critic of Trump throughout the 2024 campaign,

A spokesperson for Obama said that while the office “does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,” the Trump administration’s new “bizarre” and “ridiculous” allegations warranted one.

A spokesman for former President Barack Obama issued on Tuesday a rare rebuke of President Trump, calling Mr. Trump’s pledge to use the Justice Department to go after his predecessor for treason “ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.”