Obama on His Presidency: 'I Didn't Have Scandals'

Barack Obama said that during his presidency, he remained free of scandals.

"I didn't have scandals, which seems like it shouldn't be something you brag about," Obama said at a Las Vegas tech conference, Newsweek reported.

"But actually, if you look at the history of the modern presidency, coming out of the modern presidency without anybody going to jail is really good. It's a big deal," Obama said at the conference, Newsweek reported.

Obama said his presidency was relatively free of controversy because he was able to accept bad news. "No one in my White House ever got in trouble for screwing up, as long as there wasn't malicious intent," he said.

Rachel Campos-Duffy, in a Thursday panel on Fox News, disputed Obama's claims, saying that Obama will be tied to "Spygate," a claim by President Trump that political enemies infiltrated his presidential campaign.

"When this onion is unpeeled, it's going to go all the way to the top of the resistance movement — to Valerie Jarrett and Barack Obama himself… the Obama legacy is one of using the tools of government to take ruthlessly take down opponents," Campos-Duffy said Thursday on Fox News' "America's Newsroom," The Daily Caller reported.

She added that issues during the Obama administration with the IRS, the Justice Department, and the FBI "destroyed the credibility of those institutions."

Commentator Juan Williams defended Obama during the panel discussion, referencing the indictments of Trump campaign members Paul Manafort, George Papadopoulos and Michael Cohen. "We don't have that in the Obama administration," Williams said on "America's Newsroom."

Obama's claim was "ridiculous," Campos-Duffy said.

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