It's pretty simple, this is scary. Look, politicians making these claims are risking their future. The Republican congressmen on the Intelligence committee are saying that there is a document based on identified confidential information that proves illegality in regards to the election by the Obama administration. They are asking the document to be made public and not one of the Democrats on the committee voted to release it. You haven't heard from these Democrats who voted against releasing it much.
Adam Schiff has told CNN the reason it shouldn't be released is because people won't understand it. He also said that the call to release the memo is being spearheaded by Russian bots (automated responses). I will link to his CNN interview, you will notice that he didn't talk about what is in the document at all. While you may think he is trying to block the release, he can't and he knows it. What is doing is trying to delay the release so that the Democrats can prepare for the results of the release.
Now, the Republicans could release this tomorrow; but, they will not. They have stated it will take 19 days to release it. The Democrats have said almost nothing since this has come out. Politics is part theater, this is a fact I witnessed and participated in. Years are spent preparing legislative changes; but, in the end the vote is intended to explain to the public what has already been decided. The Democrats and Republicans spent the weekend negotiating over when and how the document is released, that is just what you do. The Democrats are in a bad bargaining position and they know it because the document will come out and it will be devastating or the Republicans saying it will, will be crucified by the media and the public.
While all of this is going on, you have not heard a single word from Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, nothing. Why not? When Trump originally said he had been wiretapped they immediately came out and said it was ludicrous. Not this time. Why aren't the Republicans immediately releasing the document, it is because they are using it as a bargaining tool for everything they can think of, that is how these things work. Whatever is negotiated, it will not stop the document coming out. If you go to President Trump's twitter, he has said nothing about it. There is a reason for that.
After this comes out, some people will need Presidential pardons and that will be negotiated too. If it turns out that Obama and Hillary conspired to violate the constitution to prevent Trump from taking office, would you really want her to go to jail? Consider this, Hillary's most ardent supporters would not know what to think if it was proven she violated all constitutional and ethical standards, same goes for Obama supporters. I hate the Clintons and the Bushes, I have never hid that fact. Still, I don't want to see them in jail even if they deserve it for being crooks for political reasons. In fact, if this comes out as bad as I think it will, I will call for them to be pardoned.
I expect the following to occur. Firstly, I expect the Democrats to vote to fund the government next week. Secondly, they will take the DACA deal that Trump has offered and claim victory; but, it will not be the things they had asked for, it will be limited to "Dreamers". Thirdly, they will also fund the wall. For this they are being given 19 days or more before the document is released; but, no promise of a Presidential pardon. The president will not be involved in the negotiations and nobody can speak for him on pardons. After, we are going to see a spring from hell.
This spring will be all about senate hearings into this memo and Presidential malfeasance by Obama. The Republicans will drag it out as long as possible so they gain seats in 2018 elections. The Democrats will seek to end it as quickly as possible; but, to no avail. It will be Trump who puts an end to all of this and skyrockets in his approval rating. One person who has been oddly quiet is Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge. I would guess he is being quiet in exchange for an exclusive, look for that to come out in the next two weeks or so.
YouTube - The Nigel Farage Show (Jan 22, 2018) - Trump one year on Success or failure. Go to 14:25 into the video and you will hear Nigel Farage talk about the memo and possible British involvement.
UPDATE:
I didn't discuss this part of what is going on and I am not sure it is accurate. I will post it anyways. This has been blowing around the internet for a couple of days. Hal Turner - Proof: British Intellegence Spied on Donald Trump at the Direct Request of President Barack Obama and a later Renewed Request by Susan Rice - No Warrants. About 10 months ago Trump claimed that British Intelligence had spied on him and that he had been told that was a possibility by Tony Blair. Blair later denied it and the White House said they would not repeat the claim. This purported letter (go to the link and scroll down to see it) from their intelligence organizations states that they had put surveillance on Trump at the request of President Obama. I personally am not convinced of the document or the source and if you come across people discussing it, I want you to withhold judgement. You are going to see a lot of nonsense and lies tossed around by all sides and I say, wait to make any conclusions until the FISA memo has been released. A lot is going to happen quickly, don't jump ahead of the story. Let it flow naturally.
I cannot begin to wonder what would happen if it turned out the English had spied on Trump at the request of President Obama. I cannot imagine how much it would harm United States and British relations.
UPDATE 2:
And as I predicted, the Democrats ended the shutdown and took DACA off the table for now. Nunes also said he wasn't ready to release the memo quite yet. They traded the shutdown for a delay in the memo's release kids.
