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President Donald Trump is urging Republicans to say "Obama cheated on the election" if the media asks them questions that they feel are "not appropriate."

Trump made the comments to congressional Republicans as they gathered Tuesday night for a White House reception.

"You should mention that every time they give you a question that's not appropriate. Just say, 'oh, by the way, Obama cheated on the election,'" he said.

The comments came hours after Trump lashed out at former President Barack Obama in the Oval Office when he was asked a question about the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal.

“It’s time to go after people,” Trump said from the Oval Office as he repeated a baseless claim that former President Barack Obama and other officials had engaged in treason.

The tirade followed a new report from his National Director of Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, aimed at casting doubt on long-established findings about Moscow's interference in the 2016 election.

The backward-looking inquiries into key officials responsible for scrutinizing Russia's attempts to intervene on Trump's behalf in 2016 are serving as a rallying cry for Trump, who is trying to unify a political base at odds over the Epstein case.

The president praised Gabbard Tuesday night as “hotter than everybody” for issuing the new report.

“Tulsi, great job — and I know you have a lot more coming," he said as Gabbard nodded.

Gabbard appeared by issuing the report to recover her standing in Trump's orbit, which just one month ago had seemed uncertain after Trump said she was “wrong” when she previously said she believed Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon.