That makes no sense whatsoever. A high level government official (I assume in DIA) tells a reporter all of this and NOT the President as said report on Hannity will "alert" the President?
Read the CTH article. It answers your questions.
I did earlier (after ignoring yet another BOMBSHELL claim)- it is full of conjecture. And they only claim to know why it has not been declassified. It does not answer the questions:
WHY is this not taken straight to THE person who could make a difference?
WHY has this not been given to the judge in camera to clear Flynn?
WHY hasn't Flynn himself demanded that the information the Government supposedly has be entered as evidence?
As an outsider, who can Trump trust?
According to your reasoning, he should trust an anonymous leak of a fantastic claim to a journalist.
Solomon said that DIA held the document and has resisted the declassification and disclosure of the document. A "lawmaker" learned of the existence of the document and was thwarted by DIA to disclose it. How he was thwarted was not mentioned. Solomon said he does not believe the President knows about the document. Listen to exactly what Solomon said in the CTH link I provided.
Do I find that unbelievable? No, as someone who has spent 36 years working for the federal government including at the SES level, and understands how the bureaucracy works, there is much that those at the top, especially political appointees, don't know about what is going on in their organizations.
Who are the gatekeepers that control the information that goes into the Oval Office? Do they have Trump's best interests at heart or are they protecting Deep State? Would they want the President to know if they thought that Mueller was working on an obstruction of justice case against Trump re Flynn? What would should the President do if he learns about the document? What kind of advice will he receive from his legal counsel and DIA, who have intentionally withheld this information? We don't know what Trump does and does not know.
WHY is this not taken straight to THE person who could make a difference? WHY has this not been given to the judge in camera to clear Flynn? WHY hasn't Flynn himself demanded that the information the Government supposedly has be entered as evidence?
Lot of questions. If the document is as highly classified as indicated and involves a major intelligence program that needs to remain secret, who could authorize disclosure of the information to the President if he is not aware of its existence? Should it be given to the judge who is probably not cleared to receive such information? Does Flynn know about the existence of the document, which presumably came about after Flynn left as head of DIA in August 2014?
According to your reasoning, he should trust an anonymous leak of a fantastic claim to a journalist.
If Trump does not know about the existence of the document, the first thing he should do is to verify the claim. Trust but verify. There are good guys with the government who have been acting as whistle-blowers. They use the MSM the same way the bad guys do. In the case of the good guys, people like Solomon, Carter, and others, can be trusted to keep their identities secret. The good guys don't run to the NYT or the WP.
I have been following Solomon for some time. He is what real journalism is all about. He is writing now for The Hill, which is not a conservative publication. He has also worked for the WP as an investigative reporter and for the AP for 20 years rising to Assistant Bureau Chief in Washington. He has extensive experience as a journalist. Solomon has taken lots of heat from the liberal media for his stories on the attempted coup of Trump. It is a classic case of killing the messenger for the message.