[SatinDoll]

Obama knows something, and it is big, hugely important.

The FBI was required to do a background check when he was elected to Congress. Everyone in government had to be aware there was something off about the Congress from Chicago, IL, then later Senator.

[Tammy8]

Are you sure about the background check? I was told by someone that does background checks for government employees that there is NO background check for elected officials.

[butterdezillion]

Somebody from the FBI did an interview sometime after the 2008 election (IIRC) where they said that there isn’t a background check for federal elected officials. The election is the background check and nobody would be authorized to overturn the results of an election because the one elected had a questionable background.

Was that source inaccurate in that claim?

[Reily]

There is NO background check to run for Congress! (There is no background investigation for any elective office!)
All you do is pay your registration fee, campaign and if you win that's your security vetting.

One of the things they tell you in a background investigation is, ‘anything illegal that is uncovered will be turned over to LE for prosecution’. You think any of our darling politicians would put themselves at that kind of risk?