Trey Gowdy: Trump lawyers doing him disservice by framing investigation as "collusion" only

[DonViejo]

Source: CBS News




CBS NEWS March 23, 2018, 5:49 AM

Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Committee, believes President Trump's lawyers are not doing him any favors by "allowing" the investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential election "to be framed as an investigation into collusion, and collusion only."

"I think his lawyers have done a disservice to him, frankly," the South Carolina Republican told CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett on the latest episode of "The Takeout" podcast.

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Over breakfast at District Taco in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, Gowdy pointed to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's original statement on the appointment of Robert Mueller to be special counsel last May. The statement said Mueller would "serve as Special Counsel to oversee the previously-confirmed FBI investigation of Russian government efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and related matters."

"So from my standpoint, the foundational inquiry is, what did Russia do with respect to the 2016 election process? And if there's criminality, of course we expect him to find it. But the notion that he was hired to only go look for criminality I think does a disservice to him," Gowdy explained. Gowdy said he stands by his public advice to President Trump Sunday: If he is innocent, he should act like it.


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[Dark n Stormy Knight]

1. Can't figure out Gowdy.

Surprised to see him making sense and seeming somewhat non-partisan.

[Skittles]

2. he can do that until time ends

but I will always see him as a slimy piece of partisan shit

no doubt he is realizing HILLARY SHOULD BE PRESIDENT, and HISTORY WILL RECORD HIS PART IN MAKING THAT NOT HAPPEN

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

5. Yep, and I doubt he's had anything like a true conversion. Not sure if his motivations

re Hilllary came from ignorance, rank partisanship, both, or what, but yeah, he bears an important part of the responsibility for this travesty that is the Trump presidency.

[elehhhhna]

6. Butt covering or throwing caution to the wind and being an American? so confused...

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

7. I know, right.

It's hard to know for sure WTF is happening with the Grifter-in-Chief at the helm. I mean, besides the fact that he's definitely grifting and worse.

[Orsino]

3. Well, his attention span wouldn't allow for more thorough briefings.

I suspect that his legal team these days is mostly just trying to bill as many hours as they can by singing him lullabies.

[Zorro]

4. Dear Trey Gowdy

Go fuck yourself, you traitorous piece of shit.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Why Mince Words?

Tell us what you really think! Good post.