Republicans in Congress are hinting that they want former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former head of the DNC, to answer questions about the Democrat party funding of an infamous Russia/Trump dossier.
Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Trey Gowdy, went so far as to call the DNC’s near $10 million payment for what they’re labeling ‘opposition research,’ is akin to money laundering.
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“I’m not an election law expert, but the good news is you don’t have to be,” Gowdy said, “to understand the absurdity of believing that you can launder all of your campaign money by just hiring a law firm.”
“I’m interested in that,” he added.
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A spokesperson for Wasserman Schultz said she “was not aware of anything related to this research arrangement.”
She and Podesta both told the Senate Intelligence Committee last month that they didn’t know who paid for the dossier.
Gowdy, being the southern gentleman he is, wants to give them another chance to answer those questions, even offering some advice for Democrats on how they might be better able to remember who authorized payment for the research.
“I am also interested in sharing some memory tricks with folks at the DNC because no one can remember who paid $10 million to a law firm to do oppo research,” Gowdy said. “I find that stunning. $10 million and no one can remember who authorized it, who approved it, who said, ‘This is a really good idea.'”
And Gowdy is furious at Muller for the circus that’s going on with the Russia investigation, because he warned him not to allow it to happen. “In the only conversation I’ve had with Robert Mueller, I stressed to him the importance of cutting out the leaks.”
“It’s kind of ironic that the people charged with investigating the law and the violations of the law would violate the law,” Gowdy concluded.
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) also wants some answers.
“It’s difficult to imagine that a campaign chairman, that the head of the DNC would not know of an expenditure of this magnitude and significance,” she said during an interview with Face the Nation.
Collins insisted that they “absolutely need to be recalled” to testify.
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This bad:https://t.co/ALgeqbjRbx
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For their sake, they had better keep denying knowledge. After all, it is a federal crime to ‘knowingly and willfully’ make a false statement to a federal agency.
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Be a shame if this pair of Clinton hacks ended up afoul of the law while Hillary was able to skirt it for so long.
Do you think the Democrats did anything illegal in regards to the Russia dossier? Tell us what you think below!
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I’m beginning to disrespect the congress even more than I did, if that’s even possible. Is there anyone that can bring order back to the process of law. Mueller is a stage show and the deep state is his promoter. POTUS has to fire his butt and let’s get something done. Washerman-Schultz is a criminal and so are the Clintons. I want to see someone from the circus that was behind HRC indicted and sent to jail, if not HRC herself. Can we ever believe in our system again. Very Frustrated.
do i think the democrat’s did anything WRONG? first of all what have the democrats done right so far? seems there are 30 democrat’s pedophiles in Washington government. i consider child rape is a heious crime done by OBAMA,HILLARY BILL, JEFF EPSTEIN, PODESTA JOHN AND TONY PODESTA,kaine,biden,kerry cumming,maxine waters, wilson, harris,lynch nancy peloski, charles schumer,paul rynn lindsey graham, john mccain COMEY CLAPPER,BRENNAN,richar blumenthal,rice,wasserman,Valeria jared .paul rynn, 30 in all the scum bags swamp rats who are fighting for their lives against president trump, all their names were exposed by Seth rich to Wikileaks, that is why obama and Hillary want to kill Julian assange he has all info Seth rich sent to him of course hillary and Obama had seth rich killed, john lucas,Eric braverman, victor, thorne ,john hays for exposing Hillary and Obama child traffcing
“Do you think the Democrats did anything illegal in regards to the Russia dossier? Tell us what you think below!”
All day, Every day and twice on Sunday!
It’s easy to imagine how Podesta, Hillary and Schultz must feel. Dontcha just hate it when you’ve had a wild weekend, or maybe the wife and kids are hitting you up for same cash, and then you look in your wallet on Monday morning and wonder “Whatever happened to that $10 million dollars I had?”
A no-knock raid which is Unconstitutional and illegal. They were appointed to investigate a fake Russian collusion which there is none. No charges at all on the russian collusion from this illegal no knock raid. The charges from this no knock raid has no Russian charges. Happened during Muellers reign of the FBI un obama’s, holder’s, lynches, and comet’s reign. The 4th Amendment badly violated. Money laundering charges are fake. Unbelievable.
I kind of believe Hillary doesn’t know about them paying 12 million for this fake dossier on Trump. She spent 1.2 Billion on during this past presidential campaign and she still lost. I am sure they were writing checks out left and right with no accountability. Add that to how much she spent against Obama.
What is Mueller doing investigating this case? He is a crook.He is also a member of the Deep State, led by obama. There membership consist of the DNC, along with Lynch and Holder as advisers. Seems so far that the Deep State is running this nation with Mueller investigation anyone that is a Republican or voted republican. They have set out to destroy this nation and so far, they have done a pretty good job. It is time Sessions steps into this fray and says, enough of this corruption. You are fired. Then he needs to investigate Mueller and the Hillary corruption organization and anyone else involved with them.
Pattie; We Christians KNOW beyond a DOUBT, without God’s approval, Donald J.Trump would have NEVER been elected! So, in THAT case, the maore manure the Lethal Left spreads on the “Acreage” the more bountiful harvest for President Trump! A constant stream of miracles have been flowing since November 8, 2017 and before! So instead of frerting about what the “flowsnakes” are doing, i use my time laughing my nether regions off! I’ve NEVER seen the Left Liberals so bumfuzzled in my LIFE! They’re so use to lining their plush nests with out tail feathers, they’re still in a shate of stock! NEVER enjoyed politics like i have the past year! So good, loyal, decent, patriotic, deplorables: Enjoy the ride and hold on! It’s gonna’ get rougher before it gets better! God has it all under control! No matter WHO’S in charge!
i HATE smell check!
Trey, just go home and shut up! You are still whipping a horse that is long dead! If you are truly interested in doing “GOOD” for the USA, investigate why Mitt Romney has his money in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland! Mitt says he loves the USA, but he keeps taking jobs away from American workers and sending the jobs to places like “The People’s Republic of China”! Have you noticed how much “The Red Army’s” weaponry has improved thanks to people like Mitt Romney?
Of course EVERYONE EVOLVED in this scandal broke the law. Not only did they break the law but charges of TREASON could be in the making. When you as an American citizen sell 20% of America’s uranium to RUSSIA that is TREASON. The DNC+ can’t get out of this one unless they are Houdini. There is too much evidence. And where did Hillary go? I think she’s back in the woods. Especially Mueller. He needs to be pulled from the investigation on our President because he is going to try and make a deal with the two indited today for lesser charges for any crap against our President. Watch.
Muellers corrupt as hell , he refuses to prosecute the hardcore law breakers like Obama and Clinton and hires all hardcore anti Trump people to work for him .
He and his family should consider going into hiding.
“She and Podesta both told the Senate Intelligence Committee last month that they didn’t know who paid for the dossier.”
No one believes the BS from either one of these documented liars. But on another hand – if this is the way they so cavalierly handle campaign money why in the hell would anyone trust them with our economy? No wonder we are 20 TRILLION in debt.
Go get ’em Gowdy. We the people need your help to rattle the cages on these Establishment clan. What about the fact that Mueller should have recused himself as a special prosecutor because he does not qualify because he has had ties to the Clintons, Comey, and all the other demorats in the last 20 years? Who is going to pick these obvious violations of the law and get after it? This $10 million is important but what about the $100’s of millions received by the Clinton Foundation from foreign governments after receiving preference by our Secretary of State — what a disgrace?!?!?! Then Comey covered it up as he had conflict with the Clintons for years? The $10 million Dossier needs a real independent Special Prosecutor, then there is a SP for Comey, and one for going after Mueller for not recusing himself under the law? What is going on in DC that the Republicans can’t see the opportunities for ending the Democratic Party forever. It’s the LAW.
The more they try to draw a diversion of the Dossier & Clinton by trying to charge Manafort for TAX EVASION the more the American people will NEVER again vote for a DEMOCRAT. This was NOT the reason Muller was hired to prove Russian Collusion by charging Manafort for Tax Evasion?? They show how they can lie & deceive the American people. By saying, NO,NO, NO Look over here because there is nothing to see over in our corner. REALLY?? So shameful of these people. I will NEVER AGAIN trust a democrat until these people start paying the price for their crimes!!
Maria, Good description of the situation as well.
Well, welcome to the demoncratic liars club……I want to see all of them subpoenaed, charged, and prosecuted.
If they can not remember, perhaps the truth serum can help.
This is why Socialist/Democrats can’t be trusted on any subject at any time. The would rather lie than tell the truth, at any time.
What I do not understand is how can crooks investigate themselves. This is just like asking the fox to submit a truthful report about chickens he was in charge. All criminals need to be rounded up, and as drain the sewer process, be sent to prison. Yes, be locked up.
Stefan, Good call on the situation. My point above about Mueller not being within the law as a Special Prosecutor. Under the statute, he was required to recuse himself and he did not. The knuckle head assistance attorney general that appointed him. It should have been obvious that Mueller had conflicts of interest on the surface, but apparently, at best the asst attn. general didn’t know what he was doing, had moved up to 2nd behind Comey, and then Sessions came in and property recused himself, but Sessions should have at least maybe spoken out about Mueller not being the legal choice — all of them having lack of this rare experience. Seriously, Pres Trump should get this off his back and insist appointments of a number of Special Prosecutors to investigate the whole demorats situation for the last 10 years. It has put the USA back in trust because slowly but surely this is all coming out. 10 of the top 15 Obumer administration people should go to jail — it’s the truth and it is “THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (USA)”. Let’s get on to it. I hate the thought of it but the law is the law and it needs to be vetted and prosecuted. God bless America. We didn’t break the law, they did.
mueller should have indicted himself. He was involved in the uranium one deal and probably the dossier debacle. The fox is in the hen house.
Special Counsels need to be appointed to investigate Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as well as the false dossier (and whether it was used to start the Trump/Russia collusion fable and used to get a FiSA warrant to provide Obama and the NSA permission for surveillance on the Trump campaign, to mention a few items of corruption). In addition CFIUS members need to be investigated as to why they approved the Uranium One deal..
If I wwere president Trump i would call Trey Gowdy to be a special investigator into Muellers investigation, and into the DNC to gain all information of impropriety, and all illegal activities all of the DNC as well as former presidents as well as former headsof states in the US Government. The Swamp has many denizens and they all need to be placed into a well operated fEMA camp provided tools for gardening their own foods and have buses arriving at that FEMA to watch the ONE WORLD ORDER at work.
~sigh~ Just more huff, puff and bluster. Does anyone really think anything will come of this, other than a Trump-associate witch hunt and jail time for anyone unfortunate enough to get caught by this team of gangsters and Demonrat-operative lawyers, operating with no oversight, no limitations and an attorney general who recused himself within minutes of being affirmed? Who smells a giant warehouse full of rats here? I do. If anyone thinks ANY Demonrat – other than maybe a token, low-level fall guy – will be brought to justice by these partisan hacks, and by the “impartial” special counselor, who was himself deeply embroiled in the DEMONRAT betrayal of our country to the Rooskies, then I’ve got some ocean-front property in Arizona I’ll sell you. Don’t you all see the game being played by the Repubs? They’re stringing us along, breathing fire and brimstone, and will hold long, drawn-out hearings that will peter out into nothing as people lose interest. And Soros/Obama/Hillary/the DNC will make sure the butter is spread around liberally to all those who played the game well. And we’ll dutifully shuffle to the polls next time to vote for the “R” guys because they oppose the demonic “D” guys. And the game goes on. What a revolting, perverted monster our “democracy” has become. I’m glad our Founding Fathers, who risked it all, including their lives, in order to establish a free country, aren’t here to see what it’s become, and how THEY are vilified by evil creatures who wouldn’t be fit to polish their shoes. We’re all slaves and can’t see it.
Trey finally restored my trust in him!!! It is rather funny, in a pathetic way, how Mueller didn’t charge anyone until the heat was on him and the Clintons/Obamas! I just hope Trey Gowdy stays in there, and doesn’t let them get by with it just because they all say they can’t remember! Charge every one of them and someone will start talking!
Trey Gowdy is the man of the hour…Muller should not even be in this investigation…he obviously doesn’t like Trump and gave Hillary a pass…
Hoory!!!!! cannot wait to see/hear Bill O’Reilly back on T.V.. Thank God