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As best I can tell, there's nothing in this article that wasn't reported two months ago in Politico:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/11/26/barack-obama-2020-democrats-candidates-biden-073025

Publicly, he has been clear that he wont intervene in the primary for or against a candidate, unless he believed there was some egregious attack. I can't even imagine with this field how bad it would have to be for him to say something, said a close adviser. Instead, he sees his role as providing guardrails to keep the process from getting too ugly and to unite the party when the nominee is clear. There is one potential exception: Back when Sanders seemed like more of a threat than he does now, Obama said privately that if Bernie were running away with the nomination, Obama would speak up to stop him. (Asked about that, a spokesperson for Obama pointed out that Obama recently said he would support and campaign for whoever the Democratic nominee is.)

When it comes to Sanders, I asked one close adviser whether Obama would really lay himself on the line to prevent a Sanders nomination. I cant really confirm that, the adviser said. He hasnt said that directly to me. The only reason I'm hesitating at all is because, yeah, if Bernie were running away with it, I think maybe we would all have to say something. But I don't think that's likely. It's not happening. (Another close Obama friend said, Bernie's not a Democrat.)

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