Incoming GOP chair of House Oversight Committee says hes completely dropping Russia investigation

[Miles Archer]

Source: Raw Story

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who is taking over the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from the departing Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), said on Friday that he will not pursue any investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.

Politico reports that Gowdy told reporters on Friday that he “wants to return the Oversight panel to its original ‘compulsory’ jurisdiction, including overseeing more mundane issues like government procurement and the Census.”

In making his case for dropping the probe, Gowdy said that he didn’t want to interfere with the work being done by special prosecutor Robert Mueller, and he suggested that the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee were more natural fits to investigate the scandal.

Gowdy also ruled out looking into whether Trump White House adviser Jared Kushner’s security clearance should be revoked.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/incoming-gop-chair-of-house-oversight-committee-says-hes-completely-dropping-russia-investigation/

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Well, that takes care of that. EDIT: maybe not. Keep reading....

Edit: maybe not so bad. He also said:

In making his case for dropping the probe, Gowdy said that he didn’t want to interfere with the work being done by special prosecutor Robert Mueller, and he suggested that the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee were more natural fits to investigate the scandal.

[LiberalLovinLug]

22. Sets it up for Trump to now fire the special prosecutor

Maybe he'll wait until the Senate investigation is shelved first. Until there won't be any active investigations. This hiring and firing, stopping and starting, circus will go on. At least until Trump can be assured that a new investigation will be overseen by a true believing crony.

It makes no difference if the "fake" MSM news, and Democrats are screaming about it. As long as Trump, and Mitch and Paul R. know they have their base backing them up and believing anything they say, milking their persecution complex, they could last it out. Eventually buy off enough witnesses, and destroy what evidence they can. Maybe start another war somewhere to further obscure and wag the dog in order for even the "liberal media" to concede how Trump is finally acting like a true President and protecting the country etc.

And it will slowly fade into the background and history like Bush senior's incubator false flag that started the first Iraq war and Bush Jrs false flag about uranium tubes, and WMD to start the second Iraq war. And all the filthy lucre that circle of traitors looted for themselves while sending American kids to their deaths for made up reasons.

Republicans know that they only have to obfuscate and delay, no matter the howls, because another overwhelming news-sucking event is on the horizon.....even if they have to be the ones to create that event.

I fear that just because something like a facsist takeover of the country has never happened, most people laugh it off. That we have too many institutions set up to prevent it. But we are already watching institutions being dismantled

[jpak]

33. Ding Ding Ding

yup

[Achilleaze]

2. republican traitor protects republican traitors

all in service to the soul-sick republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief.

Sad.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Hiding from reality does not make it go away. It ends up surprising your base more. . . . . nt

[AJT]

37. In this case, if special prosecutor is fired, it may go away

[Alice11111]

38. I do fear that, given the Repubs control all. Sen Burr could

be our best hope. That is depressing. I thinl he is one of the few not in on the conspiracy. Plus, Collins, McCain, Graham and several others, who were fortunate to be left out of the loop

We don't have the same set up as Watergate. Most of these Repubs are CYA

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. It would only delay the inevitable. There is more to leak & the media would find the rest in time.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Anything he's in charge of would be a sham

so it's just as well.

[barbtries]

18. that is correct. nt

[C_U_L8R]

5. Well okie dokie, Boy Gowdy

We'll try this case in the public square. Seeming that the government is entirely corrupt

[Angry Dragon]

6. I guess republicans can do no wrong

or is it that they can do nothing??

[orleans]

50. why should they bother going that extra mile

with committees and hearings and all those long hours away from doing nothing behind a desk?

why should they go to all this extra trouble? after all, they're still getting paid.

[titaniumsalute]

7. Ol' Glistening Forehead has Trump's meat so far up his arse he can't hardly speak

[NCjack]

8. Everyone on the committee, please leak everything that you have. nt

[Tiggeroshii]

9. This "investigation" was used only for the purpose of obstruction anyways

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So it is better that it go away than coninue in the form it is in.

[musette_sf]

10. I remember this asshat from back when he was on Forensic Files as 7th Circuit Solicitor

and wouldn't it be sweet to see him as a perp on his next True Crime show appearance?

[Moostache]

11. Among a sea of asshats and fools, he manages to stand out...not easy to do.

Trey Gowdy is a fucking disgrace to humanity. He is incapable of rational thought, uncaring for non-donors or party officials and a poor excuse for a human being in general. Any committee he is in charge of that has a mandate other than finding one's ass with both hands is utterly doomed to failure.

A pox on your house Trey, hopefully a very virulent one.

[titaniumsalute]

12. Actually good

We don't have to watch his pathetic shiny head and weird slimy voice on TV then. Plus he'd fucker it all up anyway.

[lark]

13. Gowdy is a total partisan POS hack!

I knew him taking over this post was bad news. Guess he wants to go back to investigating Clinton or Lynch, can't handle taking on a guy, has to push around Democratic women. He's Despicable as well as Deplorable!

[TeapotInATempest]

16. Despicable, Deplorable and Disgusting

[TeapotInATempest]

14. What?!

I don't buy for one minute that he doesn't want to interfere in Mueller's investigation; he's never met a Democrat he didn't want to investigate, the investigation doesn't implicate Democrats, so why would he want to investigate something as petty as Russian interference into our elections?

I wonder what Adam Schiff will have to say about this?

[DefenseLawyer]

15. Trey Gowdy is a buffoon. But I have no beef with this.

I don't know that the Oversight Committee is the best place to take this up, just like it wasn't the best place to take up the Benghazi fiasco. Assuming that no one interferes with Mueller, having this moron butt out is probably a good thing.

[brush]

17. What else could be expected from this pointy-headed weasel

Where do they find these sociopaths?

[byronius]

19. Good lord this man is going to be a Major Buffoon in history books.

Sweaty sellout, weasel, incompetent traitor. I do not believe there is a single decent molecule in him.

[furtheradu]

20. No worries, ever'body!

All that means is gowdy is up to his beady eyeballs in the rusky corruption, himself.
Will be so sweeet when these freaks go down!

[NastyRiffraff]

21. Good. He'd purposely screw up the investigation anyway

I can't stand to even look at him, let alone listen to him. I'll never forget what he did to Hillary Clinton. And I was glad when she handed him his ass.

[LiberalBrooke]

53. I agree.

He had no intention of actually investigating a republican anyway so we are saved from media reporting on his sham.

[blue-wave]

23. And his invitation to the

Kremlin in 3-2-1. Trey Gowdy? I thought he was a true blooded American patriot the way he attacked Hillary in the past. His true colors are showing. And they ain't American red, white and blue. Oh wait, maybe the Russian red, white and blue.

[olegramps]

24. Who care what the filthy little bastard has to say. Just another piece of crap from the Repuks.

[rockfordfile]

25. The Republican Party- The Party of Traitors.

[olegramps]

27. The Repuks are nothing more than dispectable Fascist Pigs led by the chief traitor, Trump.

[poli-junkie]

26. So he'll be working on "Procurement" and the "Census...

You guys know he'll protect the privatizing infrastructure racket, along with rigging the 2020 census... Keep your eyes on this mutherfucker.

[LS_Editor]

28. He needs to go back to that used car lot he came from.

[Corgigal]

29. Time to pull some banking records.

I'm not saying he's corrupt, but......

[murielm99]

30. It's little Draco Malfoy all growed up!

Maybe he will go back and investigate Hillary some more.

[lostnfound]

45. LOL too true. Nt

[Ccarmona]

31. Keeping Gowdy Away from

The Russia investigation isn't a bad idea. He would just muddy the process if he got involved.

[jpak]

32. Et Tu Trey?

Fuckwad

[gfwzig]

34. Does anyone know the definition of whitewash? no? well then how about cover-up?

He should NEVER have stuck his pointy little head into the investigation to begin with but now that he has it's nothing but cover for the punkinhead

[JDC]

35. Probably wants to get back to Benghazi

[pecosbob]

36. FTFY

Politico reports that Gowdy told reporters on Friday that he “wants to return the Oversight panel to its original ‘compulsory’ jurisdiction, including overseeing more mundane issues like Benghazi and Hillary's emails.”

[B Stieg]

39. Back to Benghazi?

Gowdy, you fucking idiot.

(apologies for the repeat)

[orangecrush]

41. Keeping Trumps obstruction and collusion out of the news

Is the game plan.

God help us.

[Marthe48]

42. I wonder how much this bootlicking

trumpsucker got from the russians?

[Paladin]

43. Filthy pointy-headed little hypocrite. (nt)

[Mr. Ected]

44. Aren't Ted Lieu and Elijah Cummings on that Committee?

Alas, their voices are drowned out in a sea of red malignancy.

[keithbvadu2]

46. Putin is getting a great return on investment for his money/support to the republicans.

[BigmanPigman]

47. He'll get rewarded by having sanctions lifted soon. No collusion here.

[ananda]

48. Where's Adam Schiff and David Swalwell on this?

??

[mr_lebowski]

49. I want Colbert to show his picture and say "... and obvious grown-up version of King Joffrey,

Trey Gowdy, today dictated that ... "

[guss]

51. Bad Show

I kinda think if Russia would of let Hillary win.
This Jackass would of had 4 years of investigation of Every Thing They could Made up on Her!
Fake Investigations!

[luvMIdog]

52. That guy looks like a result of inbreeding