As journalistic bombshells go, CNN’s January 10 report on President Trump was explosive: “Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN.”

CNN noted a number of the documents were compiled by a former British intelligence agent and reportedly presented to Obama and Trump by four of America’s most senior intelligence officials—Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, FBI director James Comey, CIA director John Brennan, and NSA director Admiral Mike Rogers. The report was noticeably bereft of specific details about the information in the documents.