Its inconceivable to me that Obama did not know and/or direct Spygate. Bureaucrats don’t go rogue on their boss as none want to risk causing political damage to them, or even worse put their superiors in legal jeopardy. No, they take their marching orders from above. They always get approval or tacit encouragement to do what the boss wants.
You’re quite right, but what’s missing in this conversation is that the Obama administration sanctioned electronic surveillance, i.e., SPYING, on American citizens (remember James Rosen, his parents?) long before the 2016 election. Furthermore, having lived and worked in the IC cesspool for over 40 years, I have my “sources” too and I’m told by A1 sources that Chief Justice John Roberts and others received special attention from the Obama administration almost immediately after Obama’s inauguration.
Accept going in that, for both political and practical reasons, the prosecution of the conspirators in what was/is clearly an attempted coup will be limited, as will the release of information. For example, the official involvement of the British government will be downplayed (if acknowledged at all) because of the leverage we will gain by holding it over their head. Similarly, there will be (more?) cooperating witnesses that will probably appear to get off completely by offering damning information on reviled targets like Brennan, whom no one likes.