Double Header - Congressmen Trey Gowdy and Jim Jordan question Rod Rosenstein
Double Header - Congressmen Trey Gowdy and Jim Jordan question Rod Rosenstein
No doubt it is time to remove the biased special counsel Mueller
00-00
there are a lot of issues that I would
00-01
like to ask you about mr. Deputy
00-03
Attorney General we had a terrorist
00-04
incident in New York this week we have
00-06
702 reauthorization that is pending in
00-09
Congress gun violence the opioid
00-11
epidemic criminal justice reform but
00-15
when I go home to South Carolina this
00-17
weekend trust me when I tell you no one
00-19
is going to ask me about any of those
00-20
issues they're gonna ask me what in the
00-23
hell is going on with the Department of
00-25
Justice and the FBI the reason we have
00-29
special counsel this is a very important
00-31
point the written you know it the reason
00-33
we have special counsel is because of a
00-35
conflict of interest the regulation
00-38
itself specifically makes reference to a
00-41
conflict of interest and and we don't
00-43
like conflicts of interest because it
00-45
undercuts people's confidence and both
00-48
the process and the result so so let's
00-50
be really clear why we have special
00-53
counsel there was either a real or
00-55
perceived conflict of interest that we
00-58
were fearful would either impact the
01-00
result or people's confidence in the
01-03
process that's why we have something
01-05
called special counsel and that's why we
01-08
have special counsel in this fact
01-10
pattern and then lo and behold those who
01-13
are supposed to make sure there are no
01-16
conflicts of interest seem to have a few
01-18
of their own there's a senior prosecutor
01-22
who said obsequious emails to a fact
01-26
witness I she can be described as
01-30
nothing other than a fact witness she's
01-32
a really important fact witness if you
01-35
pursue the line of inquiry that my
01-38
Democrat friends want to pursue they got
01-40
off of collusion and now their own
01-42
obstruction of justice she may be the
01-44
most important fact witness in an
01-46
obstruction of justice case and the
01-49
senior prosecutor for this conflict of
01-52
interest free special counsel sent a
01-55
fawning obsequious email to a fact
01-58
witness and then we have prosecutors
02-00
assigned to conduct this investigation
02-03
who donated almost exclusively to one
02-06
candidate over another and then we have
02-09
a prosecutor assigned to this calm
02-12
flicked of interest free team that
02-14
attended what was supposed to be what
02-16
he'd hoped to be a victory party for
02-18
Secretary Clinton and we have a senior
02-21
DOJ official mr. Deputy Attorney General
02-23
with an office it used to be two doors
02-25
now from yours meeting with fusion GPS
02-29
and fusion GPS of course was paying for
02-32
rush and dirt on the very person that
02-35
they're supposed to be objectively
02-37
investigating and then that same senior
02-40
DOJ officials wife the one that met with
02-44
fusion GPS his wife was on the payroll
02-47
of fusion GPS and then we have a senior
02-52
agent assigned to investigate secretary
02-55
Clinton's email helped draft the
02-58
exoneration letter well we changed the
03-00
language from grossly negligent to
03-02
extremely careless interviewed Secretary
03-05
Clinton in an interview I've never seen
03-08
and I doubt you have either in your
03-09
career as a prosecutor interviewed
03-12
Michael Flynn was actively involved in
03-14
the investigation into the trunk
03-16
campaign before the Inspector General
03-18
found his text so this agent in the
03-21
middle of almost everything related to
03-25
Secretary Clinton in President Trump
03-27
sent pro Clinton tax anti-trump texts to
03-31
his paramour in response to being told
03-34
maybe he is where he is to protect the
03-38
country from that menace Donald Trump he
03-41
said I can protect our country at many
03-45
levels and then he said Hillary Clinton
03-47
should win 100 million to nothing I
03-50
think about that mr. Deputy Attorney
03-51
General that's a pretty overwhelming
03-53
victory 100 million to zero and when I
03-58
read that last night what I thought was
04-00
this conflict of interest free senior
04-03
agent and the FBI can't think of a
04-05
single solitary American who would vote
04-07
for Donald Trump that's where the zero
04-10
comes in not a single solitary American
04-13
he can imagine would vote for Donald
04-16
Trump this is the conflict of interest
04-18
free special agent aside and then he
04-21
went on if that
04-22
enough to belittle Trump supporters by
04-24
saying he could smell them at a Walmart
04-27
in Virginia this is the person we needed
04-32
to avoid a conflict of interest and then
04-34
he said this they fully deserve to go
04-37
and demonstrate the absolute bigoted
04-39
nonsense of trunk but he wasn't content
04-42
to just disparage Donald Trump he had to
04-45
disparage Donald Trump's family this is
04-49
what he said mr. Deputy Attorney General
04-50
he said the douche bags are about to
04-52
come out he's talking about our First
04-54
Lady and children this conflict of
04-58
interest free special agent of the FBI
05-01
this is who we were told we needed to
05-04
have an objective impartial fair
05-07
conflict of interest free investigation
05-09
so he's openly pulling for the candidate
05-11
he had a role in clearing and he's
05-13
openly investigating a candidate that he
05-16
has bias against and then if that's not
05-18
enough he says Trump is an effing idiot
05-21
what the f just happened to our country
05-24
this is the same man that said he would
05-26
save our country what happens when
05-30
people who are supposed to cure the
05-32
conflict of interests have even greater
05-33
conflicts of interest than those they
05-35
replace well that's not a rhetorical
05-38
question you nor I nor anyone else
05-42
whatever sit Peter struck on a jury we
05-46
wouldn't have him objectively
05-48
dispassionately investigate anything
05-50
knowing what we know now why didn't we
05-54
know what ahead of time and my last
05-56
question my final question to you and I
05-58
appreciate the Chairman's patience how
06-00
would you help me answer that question
06-02
when I go back to South Carolina this
06-04
weekend
06-05
congressman first of all with regard to
06-09
the special counsel mr. struck was
06-12
already working on the investigation
06-13
when the special counsel was appointed
06-15
the appointment I made was to Robert
06-16
Mullins what I recommend that you tell
06-18
your constituents is that Robert Muller
06-21
and rod Rosen Stein and Chris Rea are
06-24
accountable and that we will ensure that
06-27
no bias is
06-28
selected in any of the actions taken by
06-30
the special counsel or in any matter
06-33
within the jurisdiction the Department
06-35
of Justice when we have evidence of any
06-38
inappropriate conduct we're going to
06-39
take action on it and that's what mr.
06-41
Muller did here as soon as he learned
06-43
about this issue he took action and
06-46
that's what I anticipate that the rest
06-48
of our prosecutors are a new group of US
06-50
attorneys our Justice Department and
06-52
poor entities they understand the rules
06-55
and they understand the responsibility
06-56
to defend the integrity of the
06-57
department if they find evidence of
06-59
improper conduct they're going to take
07-01
action so congressman that's the best
07-03
assurance I can give you but actually
07-06
there's one other point which is you
07-07
should tell your constituents that we
07-09
expose this issue because we're ensuring
07-13
that the Inspector General conducts a
07-14
thorough and effective investigation and
07-17
if there is any evidence of impropriety
07-18
he's going to surface it and report
07-20
about it publicly I'll try
Comments
Post a Comment