Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   So Obama ordered the investigation Date:   2/18/2020 10:39:13 AM

My understanding of this story is Dershowitz is saying that Obama ordered the investigation of someone at the behest of George Soros.  Wasn't clear to me that it was the investigation of Trump.  The point he was making is that this happens all the time and is not a good idea, but it's hardly unique to Trump.  What is unique is that Trump does so in the open rather than whispering in the ears of DOJ and the FBI.  And he claims to have proof that Obama ordered an investigation for Soros.  

This is one of the things I like about Trump, even though it might seem to harm him politically.  He does things for the world to see rather than slinking about in the background like former Presidents.  And while many criticize him for it, he is probably right.  Former Presidents, especially Obama, were protected by the deep state because they never tried to change the status quo.  If Trump behaved like them we would almost certainly have the breathless BREAKING NEWS. TRUMP SECRETELY ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO......!!!!!!  Always based on some anonymous White House source, blah, blah, blah.