TMI wrote:
Forget the Russians. Testimony under oath from Mook is a better source for the story. https://www.politico.com/...info-to-fbi-00034115
âGoing to the FBI does not seem like a very effective way to get that information out to the public. We do that through the media,â he said.
Mook said that after discussions at the highest levels of the campaign, they decided to do just that. He also said that somewhere around that time he informed Clinton personally and she concurred.
âI discussed it with Hillary as well,â Mook said. âShe agreed to that. ... She thought we made the right decision.â
https://www.cbsnews.com/...tigation-robby-mook/
Clinton was briefed about the decision to go to the press with the allegations in the fall of 2016, and according to Mook, "she thought we made the right decision."
https://www.cnn.com/...-mook-fbi/index.html
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The quote "personally approved" seems to be after the fact, not necessarily that Hillary came up with the plan to route the story to the media instead of the FBI.
How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?