Posted on 05/31/2018 6:40:55 AM PDT by EdnaMode
While President Trump still touts the unfounded claim that the Obama administration improperly spied on his 2016 campaign, senior Republican lawmakers have steered clear of the conspiracy theory since they received classified briefings last week on the role of an FBI confidential informant in an investigation aimed at unmasking Russian interference in the election.
That silence broke when Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), one of the few who got the Justice Department briefing, said he believes the FBI acted appropriately when the informant, a retired American academic living in England, met with three of Trump’s campaign aides.
"When the FBI comes into contact with information about what a foreign government may be doing in our election cycle, I think they have an obligation to run it out," Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, said Wednesday on CBS News.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
To Gowdy: Don’t piss on my leg and try to tell me its raining.
“improperly spied”. Notice the narrative now. They finally admit that there was spying. But it was proper.
There is a heck of a lot more evidence to support spygate than to support the Mueller investigation.
i.e. this article is funny. :)
Draining the Swamp; one slithering bottom-feeder at a time.
Making this comment having never even seen the full records Congress subpoenaed on the matter.He just took the FBI's word for it. Gowdy, I am sorry I ever voted for you.
Notice the narrative now. They finally admit that there was spying. But it was proper.
Coincidentally, Gowdy is not running for re-election this November...
T.V.Trey always was a RINO only in it for himself.
It sounds like the deep state is threatening the spineless republicans. They know that this has the ability to take a lot of corrupt scumbags down. The president needs to force that vagina Sessions to resign and then appoint a real man to do the job. Sessions is more interested in protecting the swamp then the American people.
SOME distance themselves...like powdy gowdy...no doubt with pics and a history to protect now that he is needed by left to draw attention away from real villains.
Read Mc Carthy op-ed and Nunes tweet...
MSM headlines always mislead...they can never never never let the truth come out. They always have to twist everything. They think everyone is so stupid!!!!!! HATE THEM SO!!!!
Howdy Gowdy (aka All-Hat-No-Cattle) is running from this like a scalded dog.
We’ll know why eventually.
Same BS reaction when Trump made the “outlandish “ accusation that he was wiretapped.
Gowdy pretty much killed spygate. Unless Trump releases everything they are getting away with it.
President TRUMP EO to release ALL document in FBI and DOJ.
Be damned the names...sorry...put them in witness protection!
Nothing so secure these days that important any longer. The only ones they want to keep secrets from are WE THE PEOPLE!! not the Chinese not the Russians
We cannot forget - the GOPe built the Deep State and The Swamp hand in hand with the democrats.
And they don’t want reform any more than do the democrats.
If anything the democrats are more honest.
They are quite open about their desire to sabotage President Trump, protect their criminal associates and save the corrupt system.
Many republicans have the same goal but pretend otherwise.
Yes, not running for re-election. He’s just setting up his next job.
“Republican lawmakers have steered clear of the conspiracy theory.......”........
The lazy bastards steer clear of anything that might turn back on them as they hide from doing their job. Politics can be brutal. to repeat an old phrase, “If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen!”
That’s a good point. The RINOS try to portray themselves as conservatives, which most of them aren’t.
Apparently Gowdy and Nunes never even viewed the documents which showed the spying.
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