Should former President Obama sue President Trump now that the FBI has said Obama did not have surveillance ordered on Trump?

I know he won't.
But I think he should.

Suing Trump will bring Trump to court to defend his lies, his "allegations", and his "alternative facts". At the moment he just sends out his pooper-scoopers to deal with his s***.

Obama can legitimately claim that Trump has defamed him by falsely imprinted in the minds of millions of people around the world that Obama had Trump and Trump Tower "wire tapped".

Trump apparently has billlions of dollars.
Perhaps if he has to shake some out of his wallet whenever he lies and tweets fabrications and conspiracy theories, he will think twice.

But that implies he has thinks first, to begin with.
He doesn't.
He parrots Fox News, Alex Jones, and a host of wing-nut theorists.

Let him put his moneynwhere his lying mouth is.

Trump knows Obama won't sue.
And that's the shame of it.

I'm wishing he would.
But I believe Obama will put America first, and not sue this unhinged, immature, and embarrassing Tweeter in Chief.

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Ynotisay · M

Obama is all about the high road because he knows those who take the low road end up imploding.

CassandraFemale17 · 26-30, F

Yes, but this attack was personal and political. It I meant to divert attention from the real "wire tapping" or hacking actually.......

Trump can't stand that Russia may have actually handed him the election, and that people have found out.

So diversion.....

Claim Obama wire tapped him, and divert the media attention from Russia who acted in ways that benefitted Trump, and did the real hacking.

curiosi · 61-69, F

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Ynotisay · M

@CassandraFemale17: True. That's why Obama doesn't need to say anything.

Ynotisay · M

@curiosi: You're too old for that kind of response.

tenente · 36-40, M

@Ynotisay: Obama is also a very savvy political scholar and former POTUS who knows the supreme court ruled "The President is entitled to absolute immunity from liability for damages based on his official acts" (102 S. Ct. 2690; 73 L. Ed. 2d 349; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 42; 50 U.S.L.W. 4797) making a civil decision in his favor to be unlikely. i'm disenchanted by trump, but this doesn't mean Obama will expend resources in a losing cause.

Ynotisay · M

@tenente: I'm not sure the poster REALLY thought Obama would sue. But, just to toss it out there, he COULD sue. That ruling, which involved Nixon, is related to "Official Acts." That's the gray area and there are arguments for both sides. It's not cut and dry. Obama wouldn't sue of course but that's not to say he couldn't.

tenente · 36-40, M

@Ynotisay: you said it yourself (and i happen to agree) - 'high road'. Obama would not involve himself in mudslinging.