In recent weeks, a sensational headline circulating on OmegaNewsBD claims that the Department of Justice is preparing to indict and arrest former President Barack Obama on charges of treason, espionage, and seditious conspiracy. The article asserts that federal law enforcement is coordinating with the Secret Service and that an indictment could happen in days . However, these claims diverge sharply from the reportage of established news organizations. It’s important to examine what is known—and what is not—to understand the real state of affairs.
The Source of the Rumor: Unverified Claims
The OmegaNewsBD article makes bold allegations but lacks credible sourcing. Its claim hinges on unnamed “insiders” supposedly within the DOJ. There is no accompanying documentation, official statement, or chain of verifiable sources. Importantly, no recognized media outlet has reported anything resembling this accusation. In a prior episode of similar disinformation, Reuters analyzed a false story from 2020 claiming Obama had been arrested for espionage and concluded it was entirely fabricated, drawing on disinformation tactics such as grafting Obama’s name onto an unrelated DOJ press release .
