What doesn’t make sense is why Trump would wait until after the election to declassify the FISA reports or drop any bombshells, since this might have helped the Gop hold onto more House seats.
It may not make sense at the moment and it may not have made sense over the past six months, but I would suggest a larger motive/chess move is why....and I say that without claiming I even know what it is; at least enough to explain it.
I *will* say that releasing those records “early” was not without significant risk.
Could he be holding off until 2019 ish?4
“What doesn’t make sense is why Trump would wait until after the election to declassify the FISA reports or drop any bombshells...”
The decision came sooner when President Trump announced his intention to declassify. There’s risk in it and Rod Rosenstein made an implicit threat there would be an obstruction of justice charge for the release.
So President Trump decided not to honor the request by Congress at that time and handed it over to DOJ IG Michael Horowitz who is already working on his DOJ IG FISA report.
That pushed the matter beyond the midterms, kept the issue clean for Rat usage and also kept the focus on messaging of proven issues before November.
I think he held on to it knowing we would lose the House. Now he has something to hold over their heads when they start their investigations.