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Sam Husseini 4 Congress MD-04 - The Real Deal@samhusseini · Oct 8, 2026

🧵When I asked about Hannibal Directive in 2024, the State Dept remarkably claimed they didn’t know about the…

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A congressional member claims the State Department denied knowledge of the Hannibal Directive in 2024 regarding hostages, despite its documented existence, and alleges Trump was fed talking points about Hannibal Lecter to confuse the public on the issue.

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    🧵When I asked about Hannibal Directive in 2024, the State Dept remarkably claimed they didn’t know about the “supposed directive”. And no major media took note of this denial even though it’s about The Hostages they all claim to care about. See video of this deranged denial:

    Decensored News@decensorednews · Oct 7, 2026

    FLASHBACK: Journalist (and now congressional candidate) @samhusseini asks the U.S. State Dept about Israel's Hannibal Directive — particularly its use on Oct 7 and/or against US citizens Miller: "I am not familiar in any way with either that supposed directive or those reports..." Husseini: "You've never heard of the Hannibal Directive??" June 25, 2024:

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    As a member of Congress, this is one of many issues I will push and investigate….

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    When there finally was some major media reporting about the Hannibal Directive, Trump would just then repeatedly rant about the Hollywood villain Hannibal Lecter. Someone (Kushner, Netanyahu?) was likely feeding showman Trump the line to confuse the public.