It comes down to a few questions really...the rest is political theater.
(1) In what context did the IC brief the President on this 35 page document (with Clapper saying that he did brief the President on it, verbally, then we can put to bed the question of whether it was just shoved in the back of a binder).
- Was the context an example of "disinformation"
- Was the context an example of saying...hey...we dont know if this is true, but someone we have known to be credible in the past gave it to us?
- Was the context, simply...Hey Trump, this is out there and alot of the news organizations have it.. it may be a troll, it may not, but its out there. Just wanted to let ya know.
(2) What is the IC going to do to corroborate the 35 page memo? What will be Trump's instruction? This really is the most important question. What is the IC going to do to investigate the accuracy AND authenticity of this document.
Until then...we are discussing circumstantial support for either of those two questions.
Sub-question to be answered, though not as critical, but still important, is who told the press that this memo was given to Trump and Obama? That's what kicked this whole thing off..