Snopes rated the claim “The U.S. Department of Justice released a declassified document in July 2025 that confirmed former U.S. President Barack Obama pressured then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and then-FBI Director James Comey to cover up the 2016 Hillary Clinton email investigation.” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
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