Posted on 12/19/2017 2:25:33 PM PST by SSS Two
Several hours into an interview with FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Tuesday threw cold water on his own speculation that McCabe’s days at the bureau might be short-lived.
In an interview last week, Gowdy told Fox News he would be “a little bit surprised if [McCabe’s] still an employee of the FBI this time next week” — setting off a firestorm of speculation that his firing might be imminent.
As late as Tuesday morning, Gowdy told reporters that "it's not 2 o'clock yet" and "I hope he's there at two" when asked if he believed McCabe should remain at the FBI. His remark appeared to suggest that McCabe could be on his way out before his scheduled interview.
But Gowdy told The Hill his remarks were based on nothing more McCabe’s request to reschedule an interview that had been set for last week. In the past, he said, such circumstances have resulted in barriers to witness testimony.
McCabe on Tuesday convinced Gowdy that the scheduling snafu was nothing more than “a good faith error,” he said. The deputy director was always planning on appearing today, he said, and “I take him at his word.”
Asked by The Hill if he was hinting that McCabe would be dismissed or resign from the bureau by Tuesday, Gowdy said, “I probably was, but I was probably wrong.”
“Fairness is not always rewarded in my line of work, but I probably should have waited to hear his side of it.”
McCabe arrived at the Capitol Tuesday afternoon to face a grilling from the House Intelligence Committee on a number of Republican priorities, including how the bureau may have used a controversial dossier of opposition research into then-candidate Donald Trump; and alleged bias at the FBI.
“Andrew McCabe cuts across every facet of every investigation in 2016 that your viewers are interested in from Secretary [Hillary] Clinton’s emails to the investigation into the Trump campaign,” Gowdy told Fox News on Tuesday.
McCabe, a career appointee under former director James Comey, has long been a Republican target, in part because of political donations his wife received from Democratic governor and Hillary Clinton ally Terry McAuliffe.
But McCabe skyrocketed back into the public view after a series of texts from a former member of special counsel Bob Mueller’s team became public. He disparaged political figures of both parties in the texts, including Trump, whom he once called him an “idiot.”
In another one of the texts, the agent, Peter Strzok, seems to refer to an “insurance policy” against Trump winning the 2016 election.
“I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office - that there’s no way he gets elected - but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk,” Strzok texted on Aug. 15 of last year. “It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40.”
Some reporting has since suggested that Strzok was urging a thorough pursuit of the agency’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, underway since July.
Heightening the speculation launched by Gowdy's original remarks, a handful of other Republicans have called for McCabe to either be replaced — a long-held desire of Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) — or subpoenaed to appear before Congress to address what some GOP members see as anti-Trump bias within the FBI.
“The chairman of the Judiciary Committee is going to subpoena Lisa Page,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told Fox Business Network on Tuesday, referring to the woman to whom Strzok sent the texts. “... He’s going to subpoena Peter Strzok and we’re also going to get eventually to Andrew McCabe, as well.
"We need those people to come in, to be deposed and to put those people on the same stand that [Attorney General Jeff] Sessions and [Deputy Attorney General Rod] Rosenstein sat on in the past few weeks.”
Gowdy is like a little lap dog that barks it’s but off all the time..... but couldn’t hurt a fly
Gowdy is an empty shirt
“If Trump does not immediately fire McCabe I just about ready to give Trump up in cleaning up the swamp. “
God forfend any of Obama’s stiffs should be fired.
bump
mccabe can be fired for hatch act violations....simple proof, no muss no fuss then go after him for anything else he did later
As I said yesterday, they can’t fire him unless/until they have a solid case that will stand up against a wrongful termination suit under the federal employee laws, and they won’t get that until after the IG report comes out. Until then Mr. McCabe remains under on-the-job surveillance.
Thankfully Nunes is in charge of this committee, and not Gowdy. Gowdy is looking pretty gaunt lately, as a matter of fact, may be time for him to move on.
Toady is a traitor, a Democrat in Republican clothing.
This is one of the reasons why I fear they are going to lose the majority in both houses ... their stupidity is overwhelming! they’re spinelessness weasels! I am so done with them!! So fed up with all those bastards!
And we are still wondering if Devin Nunes is all horn and no driveshaft as well!
I continue to marvel at just how many of our male Congressmen and Senators were born eunuchs. I don't think that there are a pair of functional testicles, and a complete spine in the lot. Can you imagine yourself being in a foxhole with any one of them except perhaps Jim Jordan.
He is the Attorney General the people have lost confidence in DOJ
Trey Gowdy is a fraud , I still remember him cutting off a Freshmen Girl from New York who had Comey and he cut her off.
The Democrat/GOP Establishment/Uniparty doing what it does best. A lot of acting.
I like the “hard interrogator” bit with nothing, no nothing that ever actually happens.
They played it all the time. Worst Actor goes to Jeb! for trying to get Hillary elected by being an insurgent against Donald Trump.
And the Booshes wonder why we dislike them as much as the Clintons. No surprise they suck up to one another.
He can’y even comb his hair.
“And the Booshes wonder why we dislike them as much as the Clintons. “
I have come to viscerally hate the Booshes far more than the Clintons, because collectively, they gave us 12 years of Globalist BS anti-leadership, and that lead to 8 more years of Commiebama. When Boosh ! goes skydiving again, I hope his effing chute doesn’t open. And before he goes, I’d like that worthless POS John McCain to send me back the $200. I gave him when he ran for president.
Yep.
5.56mm
He has been a major disappointment. Not sure it’s all his fault, but still...
-Sessions
-Gowdy
-Issa
Where have all the good men gone?
Gowdy is useless.
Gowdy must have received a call wherein he was reminded of pictures, an audio, or a video. Or given new account numbers to an account in Switzerland.
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