Gowdy to fellow Republicans: Give Mueller a chance to do his job

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MAX GREENWOOD - 10/29/17 01:00 PM EDT

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"I would encourage my Republican friends, give the guy a chance to do his job. The result will be known by the facts, by what he uncovers," Gowdy, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday."

"The personalities involved are much less important to me than the underlying facts," he added. "So, I would say give the guy a chance to do his job."

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But Gowdy said on Sunday that nothing in Mueller's record suggests that he is incapable of conducting the Russia investigation in a fair manner. The South Carolina Republican pointing to Mueller's record as a former FBI director and U.S. attorney as evidence that he is a "pretty apolitical guy."

"I think Bob Mueller has a really distinguished career of service to our country," he said. "I don't think any of your viewers can think of a single thing he did as the FBI director that calls them to have a lack of confidence in him."

"I think most of your viewers have to be reminded that he actually was the FBI director or that he actually was a U.S. attorney, because he's a pretty apolitical guy."

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/357712-gowdy-advises-fellow-republicans-give-mueller-a-chance-to-do-his

[dhol82]

1. Trey Gowdy?

Did somebody slip him some veritaserum?

[Iliyah]

2. What a liar

[TheDebbieDee]

3. All this tells me is that Gowdy believes he can FLIP Mueller or his team...

How? Blackmail, threatening family members of the Special Counsel's team? IDK, but I'm worried that Gowdy would say such a thing unless he knew what the Special Counsel would find. Gowdy is a Prosecutor himself...

[gademocrat7]

4. Never trusted howdy gowdy.

[pangaia]

5. That slime ball is up to something..

[PJMcK]

6. Is Gowdy distancing himself from Trump?

Gowdy's comments about Fox viewers are remarkable in that he isn't trying to smear Robert Mueller the way the Trumpers have done. Further, he makes a very strong case for Mr. Mueller's credibility.

This is an unexpected position for Gowdy. Nonetheless, he's still a Republican jackass.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Sure looks like it.

Gowdy might be drawn into this who Russia-Gate thing. Remember,Chaffetz jacked the E-Mail Letter debate and Gowdy will have to answer for his Committee.

[Wwcd]

12. + 1000 on the Gowdy/Chaffetz reference

That is the gist of it.

Slithering snakes in a pit, all of them

[paleotn]

24. My thoughts as well..

Interesting. We'll see where this goes.

[4139]

7. Hes being nice...that worries me

[czarjak]

9. There has to be an airborne swine somewhere...

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

10. There went his fox news cameos

The crazie crowd don't want to hear that.

[delisen]

11. Sounds like he does not want to be in the crosshairs

of an investigation.

Scared to have the light shining on him.

[underpants]

13. He's got a point

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Gowdy is no Dick Tracy. He's just a

dick.

[Sneederbunk]

15. Yes Trey, but the facts are what scare the GOP.

[Turbineguy]

16. Maybe he's looking to his position

in a post-Trump Administration world.

A world where Trump supporters are in an awkward position.

Gowdy as one of the slimiest republicans on the planet would be early to abandon Trump.

[lark]

17. WTF happened here?

Gowdy sounding sane for a change, why, he never did before? Since Mueller is investigating Podesta, does he think that gets drumpf and his fellow colluders off the hook?

[Skittles]

18. it worries me too

Gowdy is a partisan hack, why is he trying to sound rational?

[madville]

20. Something is definitely up, your theory is a possibility

I bet Gowdy has an inside line from his prosecutor days and has gotten word that some Democratic players like the Podestas are getting caught up in the net as well.

I think they will indict a sacrificial lamb or two in the end, maybe even one from each side like Manafort and Tony Pedestal just so it has the appearance of being non-partisan. Then they say there isn't enough to go after anyone else and they all return to their million dollar law firm jobs.

[LiberalLovinLug]

19. "The result will be known by the facts"

FACTS?!

I never took Gowdy for a libtard.

[Dr. Jack]

21. There have been rumors that Gowdy is running for the GOP nomination in 2020

If he sees an opportunity to stab trump in the back, he is going to take it

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. Good luck with that

Not only would he be challenging an incumbent, he's only a representative. Senators and governors get elected President, not representatives. Trump and Eisenhower are the exceptions, and he's neither.

[Leith]

22. Gowdy Covered Himself with Toxic Slime

I have a bad feeling about this...