Obama Asserts Treason Charges Are Invalid Because He’s Not a U.S. Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a satirical twist sure to frustrate conservative critics, former President Barack Obama jokingly declared he can’t be prosecuted for treason since, according to long-standing conspiracy theories, he was never actually born in the United States.
Hopes from some Republicans to see Obama held accountable for allegedly undermining the Trump presidency were dashed when he mockingly reminded the public of the birther narrative. By claiming he was never a legal U.S. citizen, Obama humorously suggested that treason laws don’t apply to him.
“I can’t betray a country I was never legally part of,” he quipped in a short press conference. “They’ve tried to pin crimes against America on me for years, but the joke’s on them—according to their own theory, I was never an American in the first place.”
Conservative lawmakers were reportedly left scrambling, unsure how to proceed with any legal strategy. Meanwhile, constitutional analysts joined the satire, agreeing that the ironic defense was “technically brilliant.”
“You can’t commit treason without allegiance to a nation,” one legal expert stated. “If Obama truly wasn’t a citizen, then technically, he’s immune to these accusations. It’s clever satire—and a callback to the whole birth certificate controversy that dominated headlines years ago.”
In a final twist, Obama’s legal team issued a tongue-in-cheek clarification: any alleged crimes committed during his presidency couldn’t be prosecuted either—since he was never legally the president to begin with.