[Norm Lenhart]

Parsing.

This is to plant the meme he knew nothing. Says nothing about knowing about the issue, just the results of the probe.

But people don’t think it through.

[Cyber Liberty]

This is to plant the meme he knew nothing. Says nothing about knowing about the issue, just the results of the probe.

I think that's correct.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Obama did not learn of the findings [emphasis added] until they were announced last week - as the president has himself stated.

Parsing.

This is to plant the meme he knew nothing. Says nothing about knowing about the issue, just the results of the probe.

Precisely. Maybe we know when Obama learned the specific words of the finding - but that is no proof that he didn’t plan and order the actual malfeasance. And in fact we know that Obama made no secret that he was unhappy about the Citizens United ruling under which these applications were being submitted. Obama had an affirmative duty to prevent malfeasance - not just sanctimoniously proclaim his “outrage” at an abuse after he had reaped the full benefit from it.