Obama branded 'classless moron' for AG jab at Trump as 'wingman' comments resurface

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The White House called former President Barack Obama "a classless moron" suffering from "a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome" after Obama launched a thinly veiled criticism at President Donald Trump by saying a president should not direct the attorney general to prosecute individuals. "He is a total disgrace for all the division he has sowed upon this country, and history will not judge him well," White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said of the former president. "The only special interest guiding the Trump Administration’s decision-making is the best interest of the American people. Only pathetic trainwrecks like Stephen Colbert would waste their time interviewing one of the worst presidents in history on his failing show." Obama made the remark during an interview with "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert , who asked what restrictions should be placed on presidential power. Obama’s Tuesday appearance comes during the show’s final weeks. "The White House shouldn’t be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever the president wants prosecuted," Obama said. "The idea is that the attorney general is the people’s lawyer, it’s not the president’s consiglieri." OBAMA LAUGHS AS HE HINTS COLBERT COULD PERFORM BETTER THAN TRUMP AS PRESIDENT, SAYS 'BAR HAS CHANGED' "You can’t have a situation in which whoever’s in charge of the government starts using that to go after the political enemies and reward their friends, right?" Obama continued. Obama discussed his relationship with Attorney General Eric Holder , who served in his administration for six years. He said he consulted with Holder regularly, but only on "broader policy issues." "That's different than who do you charge, what case do you bring," Obama said. Trump supporters on social media criticized Obama's comments, pointing to previous remarks by Holder describing their close relationship. In a 2013 radio interview with Tom Joyner, Holder described himself as Obama's "…