I agree. I think you've called it perfectly.
I bet the chump -or- chumpette as the case may be was flabbergasted, not by the announcement that there was an investigation, but for the 1st time in recent memory it wasn't an investigation where the media were the only witnesses interviewed, the suspect was one of 3 white house figures, and the same media figures who were interviewed were the ones who fabricated the charges to begin with.
I can't help but wonder whether he called his lawyer or publisher 1st.