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The twist has left some officials from the last administration a bit puzzled because Jackson was considered impartial, apolitical, and friendly to Obama, whom he is now charging with serious crimes.
“President Obama has armed the highest levels of our government to spy on President Trump. Every traitor to the Deep State deserves to be brought to justice for his heinous actions,” Jackson wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, without offering any evidence.
The message sparked some reprimands from former Obama aides.
“Ronny Jackson was friends with Obama and all his staff. I never heard him make a partisan statement,” Tommy Vietor, a former spokesman for the Obama National Security Council, tweeted. “So it was really sad to see him demean himself by lying to Trump and promoting this toxic shit to win a congressional primary. Truly embarrassing.”
A former Obama official said Jackson and Obama got along well and had known each other during long trips abroad and because Jackson was a constant presence in the White House. They said that they never detected any animosity between them and that they did not recall that Jackson ever expressed a political opinion.
On Wednesday, Jackson released a new statement “about the recent false accusations by former Obama officials and the mainstream media.”
“I endorse my comments by calling the President Obama administration for having armed our government to spy on President Trump and his supporters,” wrote Jackson. “I will never apologize for defending the national security interests and constitutional freedoms of the United States, even if that means unleashing liberals and the ‘mainstream media.'”
In his statement, Jackson says he is “proud to call President Trump a close friend.”
That sparked further anger from some former White House aides.
“During my time at the White House, Ronny Jackson was my colleague, my friend, and my doctor. I thanked him in my book for his good care,” Alyssa Mastromonaco, a former deputy chief of staff, tweeted. “Your comments yesterday and today leave me confused, angry and heartbroken. I don’t recognize this version of Ronny at all.”
