GOP Lawmakers Push Legal Action Over Obama-Era Scandal

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Rachel Stevenson
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It’s not every day you hear members of Congress calling for arrests over actions allegedly committed by a former president and his inner circle, but here we are, folks—right in the middle of a firestorm that’s starting to feel less like politics and more like the opening chapter of a courtroom thriller.

Over the weekend, the temperature in Washington shot through the roof when Rep. Anna Paulina Luna sat down with Fox News and said, without hesitation, “There needs to be criminal prosecution and arrests.”

She wasn’t just talking in vague terms. Luna spelled it out: lying under oath, pushing a false intelligence report, direct violations of 18 U.S. Code 1001. That’s not a slap on the wrist—those charges come with prison time and heavy fines. And she didn’t mince words. This wasn’t about getting back at Democrats.

In her view, it was about upholding the law after what Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democrat turned independent bulldog, has called a “treasonous conspiracy.” Let that phrase rattle around for a second. Treasonous. Conspiracy. Those aren’t the kinds of words you throw out lightly.

And Luna wasn’t alone. Rep. Byron Donalds—who, by the way, has his own eyes on the Florida governor’s mansion in 2026—backed her up. He didn’t hedge or spin. He went straight for the jugular: “People need to go to jail on this because this is about the republic.” That line hit like a thunderclap. This isn’t about Trump as an individual, he explained; it’s about whether the presidency itself can be hijacked by political operatives wielding cooked intelligence.

Meanwhile, Gabbard herself went on air and pulled no punches. She claims she’s referred a cache of documents—documents she says show Obama’s team manufactured intelligence—to the Department of Justice and the FBI. Her words were sharp: this wasn’t mere politicization. This was deliberate fabrication designed to sabotage a sitting president and nullify the will of the people who elected him.

This is just ridiculous:

And yet, Democrats are acting like it’s a late‑night punchline. Rep. Jim Himes mocked the entire idea, practically giggling online that any case would be laughed out of court. The smugness was palpable, the kind that either comes from total confidence… or from knowing something they don’t want the public to find out. But ask yourself—if these accusations were really as ridiculous as they claim, why not demand transparency? Why not call Gabbard’s bluff, release the records, and clear the air?

Instead, we’re left with a White House silence, a DOJ that hasn’t moved an inch, and a stack of allegations that read like something out of a spy novel. Fabricated intelligence. Years‑long sabotage. A system bending to the whims of power. And members of Congress, on live television, are saying that people need to be arrested.

Now the only question is how deep this rabbit hole goes… and who’s going to be brave enough—or reckless enough—to follow it all the way down.

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