Yesterday, former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson testified before the House Intelligence Committee regarding their pointless investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 election. Specifically, Johnson’s testimony served to answer questions about Russian’s attempts to “hack” the election – a feat itself which is impossible given that polling booths are not connected to the internet, and each state has their own procedure for counting votes.
One of the more interesting aspects of his testimony was when he recounted his department’s attempts to help the DNC after it was learned they were hacked. The DNC declined the help.
But given the narrative about Russian hackers they wanted to push, why in the world would the DNC have refused help? That’s the million dollar question, according to Trey Gowdy. He made an appearence on Fox News’ “The Story” with Martha MacCallum yesterday, in which the following conversation transpired:
MACCALLUM: What struck you most about your conversation with Jeh Johnson today?
GOWDY: He is in a unique position to answer those questions. He is looking at what Russia was doing. What was the government’s response in 2016? He was the secretary of DHS at all relevant times. I was interested in what the Obama administration knew and when and what efforts they took to thwart the Russians, or to notify potential victims. You just played a clip where we had a victim, the DNC. Not only did they not cooperate with Jeh Johnson, they didn’t turn the server over to the FBI, I think it is a little ironic to now criticize, some Democrats are, Jeh Johnson and Jim Comey and others for not giving enough in 2016, when you had a really good piece of evidence you didn’t bother to turn over.
MACCALLUM: It’s really a head scratcher. When you take a look at it from that perspective—when you put yourself there, during the election, and you remember the emails that were leaked, very embarrassing for John Podesta, Neera Tanden. That was the main thing that Democrats pegged their election loss on. They said because these emails were released, they call it the Russian hacking, which is apapently where it came from. If you remember the content, it was embarrassing. At the same time, they were asked by the FBI and the DHS to give the servers up, let’s figure out who is getting into them and how. Why would they say no? Why would they not want to cooperate?
GOWDY: Let me hazard a wild guess. There may be something else on that server they didn’t want law enforcement to see? That is where you start. I don’t like speculating, but I have dealt in the past with victims that would not cooperate with investigations. Typically, the reason is, there is something else you don’t want law enforcement to see. There is no reason to not allow DHS to patch or fix a vulnerability in the DNC system. Heaven knows there is no reason to not give the world’s premier law enforcement agency, which is the FBI, the evidence they may need to stop another attack from hurting someone else.
Watch below:
H/T Breitbart
While they haven’t gotten in any criminal trouble, the DNC’s scandals are clearly plaguing them. According to the latest stats from the FEC, the DNC only has under $8 million in cash on hand, and debts of nearly $2 million. Meanwhile, the RNC has $41 million in the bank – and no debt.
Criminal investigation or not, the DNC is doomed.
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