Sure they do. Where do you think those FBI files Hillary Clinton possessed originated?
The person that told me backgrounds are not done on elected officials is in a position to know that, I personally don’t know either way. I just now did a search online and came up with an FBI official saying in an interview that background checks are not routinely done on elected officials when he was asked how Obama could have passed a background check with so many issues. Now I would really be interested to know for sure. Not sure how some of them could possibly have passed a background check. Maybe an investigation is done and info gathered but not used as pass/fail like those done for jobs. I do wonder what happens if something is found that is truly disqualifying- if the person was elected, how would the person simply be removed?