Everything he accused Trump of, he, in fact, was guilty of.
Via Free Beacon:
Amy Fiscus, the New York Times’ national security editor, criticized former President Barack Obama’s prosecution of anonymous government sources Friday.
In his speech at the University of Illinois Friday, Obama said that he, unlike Trump, never threatened to shut down media outlets.
“I complained plenty about Fox News, but you never heard me threaten to shut them down, or call them enemies of the people,” he said.
Fiscus found this argument wanting.
“Your DOJ also prosecuted more leak investigations than all other presidents’ combined. Come on,” Fiscus wrote.
Fiscus was referring to the then-unprecedented efforts by the Obama White House to out leakers and prosecute those helping them. Most notably, former Fox News reporter James Rosen was accused of violating anti-espionage law for what one reporter at the time termed “traditional news reporting.”