Comey acknowledged that the FBI has been conducting a counter-intelligence investigation into alleged links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and Russia during the election since last July (maybe before). At the same time he maintained that President Trump’s charges of “wiretapping” Trump Tower were false.
But his real blunder came when Gowdy led him into exposing where probable leaks and felony crimes may have been committed within the Obama administration by asking about the process of masking persons named in investigations.
“Comey ran up against a skilled prosecutor in Trey Gowdy who opened the door for him to expose himself. A trap was set and Comey walked right into it.”
What has Gowdy done for us besides being a better talker than the leftists’ god for the last eight years?
Precisely!
A counterintelligence investigation of Trump and his associates based entirely on a false premise. To wit, that the Russian government influenced the presidential election, for which there is no proof whatsoever. There’s not even proof/evidence that “Russia”, i.e., the Russian government, hacked the DNC account of John Podesta, only that some of the IP addresses - not all - tracked back to Russia (assuming they were not spoofed).
What there IS proof of, however, is that electronic surveillance of at least one of Trump’s associates - Mike Flynn - did, in fact, occur. The existence of a transcript of Flynn’s conversation with Amb. Kislyak is that proof, despite the objections of Comey and others. If the FBI did not conduct that surveillance, then who did? Whose responsibility is it to identify the source of that transcript and how it was obtained? The FBI’s.
What about the leaking of what should have been classified information? Isn’t the Bureau the least bit interested in that, a genuine counterintelligence/insider threat issue...?
Gowdy? Don’t make me laugh.
There has been exactly ONE crime committed, and when you’ve got the Director of the FBI in front of you, under oath, I guess if youre a brillaint prosecutor like Gowdy it just doesn’t occur to you to ask him “Director Comey, did you personally reveal the identify of General Flynn as the person on those surveillance recordings?” And, “Who did you share that information with?”
It’s like having the fish on your hook and then throwing your rod and reel into the lake.
But nothing ever comes of Gowdy exposing his crimes.
Gowdy set no traps, he made a little noise and failed to ask questions that matter. When was Obama informed of the investigation that started in July 2016? During this 8 month investigation that is still underway, did the FBI use active surveillance of Trump or anyone tied to his campaign? Did any element within the IC access data records (phone calls, video conferences, etc.) involving Trump or anyone in his orbit stored by NSA? On what grounds are you continuing the investigation? Are you also investigating the relationship between the Clinton campaign and Russia? Clinton campaign and other nations? Are you actively trying to undermine the Trump administration? Did you leak the information about Flynn to the press? Gowdy has potential but never manages to deliver.