Gowdy Says He Hasn't Seen Evidence Of Trump's Wild Wiretapping Claim

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published MARCH 6, 2017, 11:21 AM EDT

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who led the House's Benghazi investigation, told Fox News on Monday that he has not seen any evidence to back up President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that Barack Obama ordered surveillance of Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign.

After Gowdy said he has not seen any evidence to support Trump's tweets on the matter, Fox News' Bill Hemmer noted that Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the House Oversight Chairman, said earlier on the network that the Obama administration had "been notorious on this type of stuff."

Hemmer asked Gowdy if he had anything to add to Chaffetz's comments, and in response the South Carolina Republican took the opposite tack. "I don’t view it as the Obama team," Gowdy said. "I don't think the FBI is the Obama team, and I don't think the men and women who are career prosecutors at DOJ belong to any team other than a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales."

"We have certain tools that this country needs to keep us safe, and it is great and wise and prudent and legal for those tools to be used lawfully and appropriately,” Gowdy continued. “If they're not used lawfully and appropriately, there is a paper trail and we'll be able to find it out.” He noted that Obama is not President any more.

“So any information that the current Department of Justice has that suggests the previous Department of Justice acted inappropriately, they are welcome to release it," Gowdy said.

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[Freethinker65]

1. Are we finally seeing a breakdown of the lockstep Republican talking points?

Guess Bannon had not considered that when he planned his deconstruction of the administrative state.
Give it a few days (or less) and they will begin to hand out talking points and scripted answers for their members once again.

[mobeau69]

4. It's all part or the pealing away process.

It starts out slow but gains the big mo over time. Just like Watergate. Should be very, very interesting. Very.

[Cosmocat]

7. No

This was so horrible, it has led literally a handful of the hundreds of asshat republicans to simple not be partisan lunatics on THIS issue.

They will return to the herd.

[ananda]

2. It's looking more and more plausible ..

.. and possible that the GOP is moving towards a
Pence administration.

Way too slowly for me, but still ...

[Chasstev365]

3. He should tell that to his fellow partisan hack, Jason Chaffetz!

[ananda]

6. Chaffetz said there was no evidence too, but ...

He's following the Conway script regarding the possibility that 45 might have evidence.

..https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-03-06/the-latest-kremlin-distances-itself-from-trumps-claim

Chaffetz tells "CBS This Morning" that "I have not seen anything directly that would support what the president has said."

But if the allegations are true, Chaffetz said, there would be a "paper trail" on such a wiretap because it would require a warrant. He said Trump has the power to declassify such a court order.

Chaffetz said Trump has "tens of billions of dollars in intelligence" at his fingertips. He says, "I got to believe, I think, he might have something there. But if not, we're going to find out."

[NewJeffCT]

5. wow, if Trey "Benghazi" Gowdy

isn't backing up Trumpy, it's not a good sign...

[jalan48]

8. If Trump is ousted too quickly it will look like a coup. The IC is letting the air out of the balloon

slowly. Let American's who support Trump (or did 4 months ago) get used to the idea that Trump is indeed a corrupt and incompetent President. Once critical mass has been reached Trump will go. There will always be those crazies who think Obama was behind it but they will be a small minority incapable of causing any real damage. It's kinda like getting your child to do what you want without demanding.

[niyad]

9. wow--it is so ridiculous that even that asshole gowdy is repudiating it?????

[msanthrope]

10. So Draco Malfoy disowns Voldemort. We all know this ends. nt

[Friend or Foe]

11. "We have certain tools that this country needs to keep us safe..."

And then we have tools like Jason Chaffetz.

[ffr]

12. What about Sessions' need to resign for lying. Have you seen any evidence of that?

Turd!

[Scruffy1]

13. Rats trying to save their own ass.

It's starting to dawn on these rats that the whole ship is going to sink. His still a rat.