Did The Russia Hoax Go All The Way Up To Obama?
I'll keep this brief. I've never made any secret of my belief that in any bureaucratic setting nobody takes a risky action without some notion that somebody else has their back. Or, to put it another way, without some notion that they'll be able to shift the blame. Like so much in bureaucracies, this defies reality--in this case gravity. Despite best efforts, blame for prosecutable events gets shifted upward, rather than settling downward, because everyone has something on the next person above them.
With that in mind, read what John Solomon had to say on that score to Maria Bartiromo. The transcript at TGP made some important mistakes and omitted some important, though brief, portions. I've corrected that:
Maria Bartiromo: How far up the ladder do you believe this entrapment went in the Obama administration?
John Solomon: Most counter intelligence investigations are always briefed to the president. I would love to see the PDBs [President's Daily Briefs] of President Obama be released, anything having to do with Russia going back to the summer of 2015. I believe that's the most important time frame to begin looking at. It’s impossible that John Brennan didn't know about most of the key activities. And it's obvious that the Attorney General would have to know, working with the FBI. So, far more senior officials than the names we've been talking about. We keep talking about Strzok, and Page, and Priestap. There's another layer here that's escaped scrutiny and questioning. Hopefully, after the IG report comes out we'll get some of those answers.