Fox News co-host Eric Bolling on Monday accused President Barack Obama of valuing the teachings of Islam over the U.S. Constitution.

Bolling noted on The Five that the alleged maker of a highly controversial anti-Islam film on YouTube had been interviewed by federal probation officers over the weekend.

“America changed at that moment,” he said. “To use what is being called a flimsy ploy to bring this guy in for questioning proves that the Obama administration, through all this appeasement and apologizing, answers to the Qu’ran first and to the Constitution second.”

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“There’s no reason for that man to be brought in. There’s no reason for him to be brought in and questioned,” Bolling added.

The alleged filmmaker is currently under supervised probation for a bank fraud conviction that specifies he cannot get on the Internet without his probation officer’s approval. A federal spokesperson said Friday his probation is under review.

Bolling later sought to clarify his comment.

“What I meant was, rather than appeasing the Muslims, [President Obama] should worry about free speech first. That’s it. I’m done with, I don’t want to hear about it,” he said.

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