Posted on 04/04/2018 7:48:47 AM PDT by Pinkbell
South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy (R) urged President Trump to interview with special counsel Robert Mueller in order to help wrap up the Russia probe on Wednesday, arguing the president is "uniquely" qualified to answer many of Mueller's questions.
In an interview with CNN, the chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee argued that speaking with Mueller is not "risky" for Trump if he has nothing to hide.
"Only he knows what he knows. So I would tell you, if you did not rob a bank there is no reason for you not to sit down and talk with the FBI about the bank robbery," Gowdy said.
"If you have nothing to hide, sit down. Assuming a fair prosecutor, and I think Mueller is, sit down and tell him what you know," Gowdy added. "I think he is uniquely well-positioned to answer some of the questions that not just the special counsel but the American people have."
Gowdy's remarks come after a Washington Post report Tuesday night revealed that Trump was not the "target" of Mueller's investigation but rather the "subject," a distinction that Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, said is "meaningless" to him but means a great deal more to the FBI.
"I don't think those terms, target versus subject...the only word that matters to me in the criminal justice system is defendant," Gowdy said. "So if you're not the defendant, whether you're the target or the subject, I know the FBI gets really caught up in those two words, [but] as a former federal prosecutor they're meaningless to me."
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Now I know it’s wrong since Trey Nothingburger has said it isn’t
Gowdy, Deep State’s best kept secret.
“Right there, Sessions has revealed himself. Irrefutable, IMO.”
Yes, the fact that rosenstein is still deputy attorney general and Sessions hasn’t unrecused himself and put an end to this deep-state mueller coup, tells you everything you need to know about that southern-fried compromised rat bastard.
“Mueller clearly has custody of Gowdys reproductive organs.”
I’m thinking it’s the Gruesome twosome, Obama and Jarrett. Instead of testicles, they’ve got juicy blackmail info in files as the result of surveillance. Otherwise Gowdy (1) would not be leaving DC, and (2) would not now be turning on his conservative colleagues to support Hillary. It’s shameful.
“Gowdy is definitely batting for the corrupt state.”
He likes to talk tough, showboat and self-aggrandize, but I doubt very much that he’s actually corrupt. In any case, we know far too little from our armchair vantage points to be painting with such a broad brush.
We know there is widespread and deeply rooted corruption in DC, and it stands to reason that there are some GOP that are guilty of more than just being spineless.
I just don’t have any evidence Gowdy is one of them, and as long as I know diddly I’ll have to reserve judgement. Same with Jeff Sessions. So many here on FR are totally fine with being judge, jury and executioner when they know exactly squat.
“Heh Trey, if you’re really leaving ........ ACT LIKE IT.”
Congrats. You just won post of the month!
I know exactly what’s going on. Gowdy has always been a fraud. Sessions is a compromised backstabbing d!ckless leprechaun...A step n fetch-it boy for the corrupt state.
This crap is not hard to figure out unless you’re a fan of CTH, anonymous queer and other idiot 10D chess, attention whoring drama queens on twitter.
I don’t follow anyone on Twitter - the Q kooks annoy the hell out of me.
I arrived at my opinions about Sessions all by myself, thank you very much.
I wouldn’t even say I’m a Sessions supporter - I just don’t join in on the constant bashing and mocking because it’s disgusting and hateful and based on nothing but emotion.
Apparently, just failing to join in on the Sessions hate-fest is enough to get the usual Sessions haters all stirred up and hurling the same cliche insults and ad homonyms. Go back and read your own comments about Jeff Sessions - nothing but over-the-top contempt and vile personal insults, devoid of any temperance or rationality. Frankly, you sound insane.
By the way, the 10D chess meme that you Sessions haters have adopted was started by the #never Trumpers - it was intended to make Trump supporters appear kooky for thinking that Trump is clever enough to use guile and misdirection to carry out his strategies. Whenever you use the 10D chess strawman argument you sound like a #neverTrumper.
I have a lot of respect for Trump, and therein lies my principal reason for not jumping on the Sessions-hate bandwagon: Trump has not fired him and it’s been over a year!
I trust Trump’s judgment. If he shared even one tenth of the contempt you have for Jeff Sessions he would have fired him a long time ago, and he has not fired him. Ergo; he does not agree with you.
So, regarding Jeff Sessions, I have to trust Trump’s judgment, or yours.....
Hmmm.... I’ll think I’ll trust Trump.
He was baiting Trump. He would love to see Trump interviewed and entrapped. No question which side he is on. He needs to leave Washington now.
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