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The Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility is still open, and hosting detainees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp

Obama rejected signing statements on the campaign trail, but his actions in office were more nuanced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statement#Obama_admini...

Eric Holder, notable AG under the Obama administration had a very mixed record, and did not support limitations of his power, or oversight of his actions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Holder#Tenure_as_Attorney...





> The Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility is still open, and hosting detainees

remind me, who reopened it?


It never closed. Congress with support of many Democrats prevented its closure and Obama just kind of gave up.

Trump obviously wants it open and Biden kind of just ignored it so it remains.




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