>>If it's a real story, it surely CANNOT wait
I believe he has turned over a rock and exposed some crawly things, but...he says he doesn't want the process "manipulated" and then he announces he has a bombshell on the calendar for September 8. That sounds like manipulation to me.
OTOH, I'm a lousy politician.
"That sounds like manipulation to me."
It's called: drip drip drip.