[Drew68]

The White House is correct to make this demand because it puts the Democrats on the spot. But in reality the investigation is far better conducted by a grand jury rather than these hopeless congressional committees where the Republicans are no better than the Democrats when the television cameras are on.

Add this to Spicer's "Neither the White House nor the President will comment further until such oversight is conducted" comment and I am concerned that this sounds like Trump is backing away from yesterday's fireworks, hoping it all goes away and people will forget about it.

I hope I'm wrong.

[petitfour]

This gives the worms time to squirm. And holds Congress accountable. They didn’t do their jobs for 8 years while Obama abused the office and likely blackmailed or black maled them all except for Sessions and a few others. Trump is giving them an opportunity to save face. Meanwhile, the Executive will be doing an investigation and putting the pieces together. Congress should be very afraid of what that investigation turns up.

[WildHighlander57]

No, when an investigation is ongoing, those pursuing it don’t comment on it.

Remember President Trump said that he wouldn’t broadcast his moves before acting (albeit in a military context, it applies here also).

[AlanGreenSpam]

I don’t doubt for a moment that Trump has the dirt on Obama. He wouldn’t have made the Obama Watergate 2.0 claims without any proof. He’s got something on Obama for sure.

The proof came probably from some employee(s) in the Obama regime who capitulated on the Obama Koolaid and decided to squeal on Obama to Trump’s staff. There are plenty of Obama era employees who have a lot of dirt on Obama — and they’re in the AG’s office, the FBI, the NSA...

Waterboarding anyone?