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Chasstev365

(7,428 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:33 AM Wednesday

If Obama's FBI director James Comey had all this Epstein/Trump info in 2016, why the hell didn't it come out?

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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 Wednesday OP
Same reason they didn't release Trump's tax returns Bok_Tukalo Wednesday #1
If a presidential candidate engaged in criminal behavior, can't the FBI legally let the public know? Chasstev365 Wednesday #3
No. yardwork Wednesday #6
Probably due to international financiers' entanglement and some Democrats influenced by Big Money Tim S Wednesday #2
It ALWAYS comes back to $$$$ johnnyfins Wednesday #4
It wouldn't have mattered. It would have been another "hoax". They saw the Access Hollywoood tape and did not care tulipsandroses Wednesday #5
Chris Wray rso Wednesday #7
Thanks; I will correct. Chasstev365 Wednesday #8

Bok_Tukalo

(4,532 posts)
1. Same reason they didn't release Trump's tax returns
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:37 AM
Wednesday

They were public servants who followed the law. It is only recently that lawlessness has become the norm.

Chasstev365

(7,428 posts)
3. If a presidential candidate engaged in criminal behavior, can't the FBI legally let the public know?
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:42 AM
Wednesday

Tim S

(103 posts)
2. Probably due to international financiers' entanglement and some Democrats influenced by Big Money
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:41 AM
Wednesday

(Not every Dem has the integrity of Bernie)

tulipsandroses

(8,202 posts)
5. It wouldn't have mattered. It would have been another "hoax". They saw the Access Hollywoood tape and did not care
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:21 AM
Wednesday

He was right when he said he could shoot someone on 5th ave and not lose support.

rso

(2,654 posts)
7. Chris Wray
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:14 AM
Wednesday

Chris Wray was appointed by Trump 1.0, and retained by Biden, he was never Obama’s FBI Director.

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