It all may hinge on parsing the word “ordered” in the Obozo team denials. This may well prove to be a Clintonesque evasion, which we have seen for decades now.
Of course, the FISA process does not hinge upon an “order” from a White House official.... that does not mean hints, suggestions, requests, etc. were not made, especially via 3rd parties. When we think of Democrap “fixers” like Podesta, there are all kinds of slimeballs in the shadows any of whom might have been a go-between (both parties have fixers and backroom operatives, of course).
As we have seen with Holder and Lynch as AGs, and myriad other Democrap lackeys, there are a variety of ways the thing could have proceeded without the most direct fingerprints of an “order” from the Obama White House.
With President Trump making such a direct allegation personally against former Pres. Obama, we can expect that there is a solid trail of bread crumbs.... but that there is not something so simple as an “order” from the WH to any FBI or DOJ investigator etc.
There may be much more than a trail of breadcrumbs.
Didn’t Obama tap Angela Merkel’s cell phone? Didn’t Obama tap FOX reporter James Rosen’ phone and e-mails, also James Rose’s mothers phone and e-mails?
was obama considered a micromanager? if so, there may be more chance that a trail leads to obama himself or (almost as damaging imho) to one of his trusted lieutenants such as valarie jarrett.
if not, then perhaps this is part of a multi-stage head fake by trump with the ultimate goal of bringing obama down on some other, even larger allegations, while keeping obama pinned in this mud field, busy trying to pull himself out of this, and distracted from some even larger end game goal that no one is yet aware of.