Are there any active arrest warrants or indictments against Barack Obama as of November 29, 2025?

1. What the public record shows now: no reported arrest or executed indictment

News organizations and fact‑checking aggregators cited in the available material record investigations, political claims and even viral AI videos of an “arrest,” but do not report an actual arrest or a filed federal indictment of Barack Obama as of late November 2025; prediction markets explicitly treat arrest/indictment as unresolved event markets rather than evidence ^{[3] [1] [2] [6] [7]}.

2. Investigations exist; that is not the same as charges against Obama

Multiple sources describe active probes into allegations about Obama administration officials and documents — for example, Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered a grand‑jury investigation into allegations about 2016 intelligence assessments, and a U.S. attorney has been reported investigating former Obama aides — but those accounts discuss investigations of officials and the possibility of presenting evidence to a grand jury, not a recorded indictment of Barack Obama himself in the reporting provided ^{[4] [5] [4]}.

3. Watch for politically charged claims and manufactured media

High‑profile political figures and outlets have circulated dramatic claims: an AI video showing an “arrest” of Obama was posted by President Trump and covered as manipulated by major outlets; other statements from partisan actors and commentators urge prosecution or assert impending indictments — these are documented as political messaging and manipulated content in the sources, not legal filings ^{[6] [7] [8]}.

4. How markets and opinion pieces frame the question

Prediction markets like Polymarket and Manifold create binary markets about whether Obama will be arrested or federally charged during specific 2025 windows; those markets’ rules define qualifying arrests and indictments but are not evidence of legal action themselves ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Opinion and partisan commentary pieces argue both that Obama could be indicted and that constitutional doctrines or recent court rulings might protect former presidents — those are arguments, not documentary proof of charges in the public record provided here ^{[9] [8]}.

5. Claims of indictments or warrants in alternative sources are either satire, old debunked items, or unsupported

Some items in the search set are satire (for example, a spoof “Obamagate indictment” at McSweeney’s) or encyclopedic mention of past baseless legal efforts; those do not constitute legal filings and were not presented as evidence of an active warrant against Obama in the materials provided ^{[10] [11] [3]}.

6. Competing narratives and political incentives behind reporting

Reporting and releases in 2025 have strong partisan valences: some conservative officials and commentators urge prosecution and publicize declassified material they say proves wrongdoing; other outlets and fact‑checking sources emphasize lack of corroborating evidence and caution that manipulated media and political messaging are inflating claims. The available sources show both aggressive prosecutorial steps toward some Obama officials and simultaneous political theater ^{[4] [5] [8] [7]}.

7. Limitations of this assessment

This analysis uses only the supplied sources; it does not search court dockets, PACER, or additional news databases outside that set. If a warrant or indictment were issued but not reported in the provided snippets, it would not appear here — available sources do not mention an executed arrest warrant or a formal indictment against Barack Obama as of November 29, 2025 (not found in current reporting) ^{[3] [2]}.

8. What to watch next

Track primary documents (court filings, official DOJ press releases) and established wire services for any change; the supplied reporting shows DOJ orders to convene grand juries and active investigative reporting that could lead to more concrete legal steps — but as of the provided materials, no executed arrest or indictment for Barack Obama is documented ^{[4] [5] [2]}.