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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Obama's FBI director James Comey had all this Epstein/Trump info in 2016, why the hell didn't it come out?
Last edited Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:30 AM - Edit history (1)
So much destruction in the US and the world could have avoided if Trump had never become president.
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If Obama's FBI director James Comey had all this Epstein/Trump info in 2016, why the hell didn't it come out? (Original Post)
Chasstev365
20 hrs ago
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If a presidential candidate engaged in criminal behavior, can't the FBI legally let the public know?
Chasstev365
20 hrs ago
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Probably due to international financiers' entanglement and some Democrats influenced by Big Money
Tim S
20 hrs ago
#2
It wouldn't have mattered. It would have been another "hoax". They saw the Access Hollywoood tape and did not care
tulipsandroses
19 hrs ago
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Bok_Tukalo
(4,531 posts)1. Same reason they didn't release Trump's tax returns
They were public servants who followed the law. It is only recently that lawlessness has become the norm.
Chasstev365
(7,412 posts)3. If a presidential candidate engaged in criminal behavior, can't the FBI legally let the public know?
yardwork
(69,115 posts)6. No.
Tim S
(93 posts)2. Probably due to international financiers' entanglement and some Democrats influenced by Big Money
(Not every Dem has the integrity of Bernie)
johnnyfins
(3,612 posts)4. It ALWAYS comes back to $$$$
tulipsandroses
(8,194 posts)5. It wouldn't have mattered. It would have been another "hoax". They saw the Access Hollywoood tape and did not care
He was right when he said he could shoot someone on 5th ave and not lose support.
rso
(2,652 posts)7. Chris Wray
Chris Wray was appointed by Trump 1.0, and retained by Biden, he was never Obamas FBI Director.
Chasstev365
(7,412 posts)8. Thanks; I will correct.
