Trey Gowdy and Devin Nunes, the two Republican House lawmakers most engaged in leading the congressional investigation into the Department of Justice’s actions during the 2016 campaign, are sending a warning to the nation’s top law enforcement body.
Rep. Gowdy, who is the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told Fox News that the DOJ and congressional Democrats are harassing investigative staffers. Rep. Nunes, who is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, echoed Gowdy’s claim.
Fox News has the report:
“I would have a lot more respect for DOJ or House committee Democrats if they would take out their frustrations on members of Congress, and leave staffers alone,” South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told Fox News on Monday. “The members make the final decision and are responsible for them, not staffers.”
“Attacking staffers, planting false stories, and endangering national security by leaking sensitive information to the press, including information about intelligence sources — this is what the DOJ is doing, and this why trust in the DOJ is rapidly eroding in Congress,” said California Rep. Devin Nunes, the GOP chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
Nunes, Gowdy accuse DOJ of launching anonymous attacks on congressional investigator | Fox News https://t.co/AfIjw0gwRN
— MAGA-KAGLMRod49 (@Lrod49) May 15, 2018
If this is true, and the Department of Justice is indeed not only interfering with a congressional investigation but is harassing staffers assigned to dig up information, then this is grounds for disciplinary action to be taken.
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For the executive branch to interfere with an investigation initiated by Congress would be a huge violation of the separation of powers. The Department of Justice was created by Congress. It is a creature of the executive – it is not independent of lawmakers. Therefore, it must abide by any congressional investigation.
Gowdy has made no secret of his disdain for the lollygagging DOJ and the ongoing stonewalling of the congressional investigation into the Department’s actions during the 2016 election. And now’s he stumbled upon another roadblock to get to the bottom of what exactly went down during the 2016 election.
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Politicizing the gov agencies and then using them to attack private citizens is treason, dereliction and complicity to commit subversion….Lot’s of evidence now and more on the way and suspect soon some squealing rats looking for a way off the sinking DNCommunist junk……..big government is abusive, expensive, wasteful and a small gov can be better managed to be of real service……
I will hate to see Gowdy retire from the House, but I do understand that he has been worked to death in the last 3 yrs. I do understand his reasoning for wanting to go home, I figure he has worked a lot of the week-ends that the rest have gone home. He will be greatly missed.
Sessions needs to retire, drop dead, or both. Makes me wonder if he’s been paid off by Soros.What does he do, anyway? Sure as hell isn’t doing his job. DOJ is now the DOI; Department Of Injustice.
Jeff Sessions has proven by his inaction, that the DOJ under his direction, is out of control. He’s had ample time to clean house and what has he done? Nothing. It’s way past time for him to adios!
DOJ, listen up for just a moment. Congress controls your money!!! Do you really want to continue stonewalling, targeting, spreading lies? Remember, you are telling your boss to shove it where the sun don’t shine. You should be jumping through your own azz trying to comply!!! Never forget that you do not have control of the money you are given to operate. You should listen to not only congress but “We the People” as well. We are not stupid, we are not all forgiving, we are not an unlimited money pit for you to steal from. Get back to doing your jobs!!! Maybe your pay should be determined by vote instead of congressional budgeting. You are not helping this great nation, you are doing your best to destroy it. WE ARE WATCHING AND WE ARE WAITING.
We deeply lament Mr. Gowdy’s upcoming retirement. I hope he seeks higher office. Otherwise, it will be a severe loss to the Republic.
Nunes & Gowdy both, are great patriots and Lawmakers!
Jeff Sessions has proved that the AG job is too big for him. It just doesn’t smell right that President Trump hasn’t fired him by now. I know the timing might be bad for the President, but it just has to be done. The alternative explanation is that Sessions knows where the bodies are buried, as we used to say, and the President is afraid he is in jeopardy.
Jeff Sessions either works for someone more powerful (Clinton/Obama syndicate) or someone who is blackmailing him, or quite possibly both. But, it’s far worse, far bigger than just Sessions.
Hasta luego, sessions!
Something is very strange – We keep hearing about DOJ attempts to impede investigations by Congress controlled by the GOP, but DOJ is under the Executive branch, aka the GOP POTUS, who appointed Jeff Sessions AG to head the DOJ, so why wouldn’t DOJ cooperate with Congress?
Jeff Sessions needs to be removed by Trump as soon as possible.
I supportT Trey Gowdy and Devin Nunes completely,
GODS speed to them
If Session can not control the DOJ he needs to step down and let someone who can do the job. With all the info coming out he seems to be just sitting on it or hiding it as his other people. People are tired of all the play against Trump and not a thing done about the real bad one’s.
Where is our Attorney General Sessions in all of this? Perhaps (hopefully) he has agreed with President Trump to resign when things cool down a bit.
What I dont undedrstand is how American politicians allow this to go on without any accountability from the organisations parliament created.
Who is in conrol there
Criminals or
The Government?
Can’t vote! I support what he is doing with this investigation but I don’t “always” stand with him.
In fact, I don’t like either of these Congressmen, they are lifers in a job that should not have lifers.
That said, go get ’em Trey!
We need to clean out the DOJ and FBI of all the PLSDs (Progressive Liberal Stalinist Democrats) and replace them with people who put this country before party lines. The people in these organizations have been put there under 4 crappy professional politicians, GWH Bush, Bill Clinton, GW Bush, and BH Obama. We need them to run away and the best way to do that is to start putting leakers and “Resisters” and those who stall the legal process in prison.
Gee Art – to call Trey Gowdy a lifer makes one wonder where you’ve been the last few years.
Representative Gowdy got his start as an attorney and highly effective criminal prosecutor in South Carolina for a number of years before being elected to congress in 2011. And just so you know,
he is leaving the House of Representatives at the end of this year. Hardly a lifer, wouldn’t you say?
I say, Trey Gowdy for President 2024!!! He’s totally THE MAN!!!
Please, Mr. Gowdy. Hire me as an investigator on your staff. Let them threaten me and see just how far it gets them. If they want to play that game, then let’s play it. MY way.
where is Jeff Sessions? Smoking marijuana?
The DOJ and Democrats strategy is clear as day. I hope the republicans are smart enough to figure it out. Delay and stonewall in hopes that the Dems take over the house in November and this all goes away.They certainly won’t push like Gowdy and Nunes. Which is why i am extremely disappointed in Gowdy. The GOP needs someone like him to move the ball forward until these issues are put to bed. Instead he’s bailing. Another 2 years wouldn’t have hurt to remain in Congress. That’s how the DOJ and the Dems get all this swept under the rug.
Gerd is right on the money.
The question still remains, “Do we have the backbone or spine to take down someone powerful”.
They all answer to Soros and his group. And yet everyone leaves them alone. Go figure.
It’s fascinating to watch the scales fall from the former prosecutor’s eyes.
First, he professed his great respect for and confidence in Jim Comey, while Comey was conducting a sham investigation of Hellary’s private servers/ devices/ emails. Boom, Comey is fired.
Second, he publicly expressed his satisfaction with Andrew McCabe’s testimony, deeming him forthcoming and professional in answering all the Committee’s questions. Boom, the IG hangs McCabe out to dry for lack of candor and Chris Wray fires him days before the IG’s conclusions are made public. The cherry on top: a criminal referral.
Third, Gowdy has still got Rosenstein’s back and claims that Sessions needed to recuse himself. But the “extortion/ threat” thing hasn’t gone over too well and the stonewall is very frustrating. Gimme your over/ under on how long before he drops Rosenstein and Sessions as unfit.
Trey still lauds Mueller’s special counsel probe. What will happen when he finally realizes that it was never a criminal investigation, just an extension of the political hit job started by Comey and McCabe?
Nikola’s: amybe there is a reason behind what Trey Gowdy is doing. How do you catch anyone who is a criminal? You have to first expose them as criminals. Especially when you are dealing with the Government that lies, and tries to cover for the Deep State. Just maybe these SWAMP creatures need to be in the lime light to be exposed? When you have proof it is easier to convict the criminal as to having someone saying something like “Russian Collusion” concerning Mr. President. There are no facts to support the possible conviction with out any evidence. I am not saying you are wrong, or right. I am just saying their is a possibility that this might be an avenue to get the supporting evidence needed to convict the SWAMP creatures. Remember Trey Gowdy was a Prosecutor. Trey Gowdy is very intelligent as well. This is just my thoughts on your comment.
Much as I like Goudy, the things you cite are true and hard to understand why he holds these positions.
It is time to End this Charade and Political Circus x Either Comply with Congressional Requests or shut down the DOJ and send in the Marines/Seal Team Six to Secure the Area /Premises and Tabulate and Catalog ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS TODATE and Anyone Anybody destroying or deleting PUBLIC OFFICIAL RECORDS is subject to TREASON and SEDITION and OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE and similarly do what was done to BENEDICT ARNOLD – remember this A’hole ??????????????
Gowdy is very honest and loyal, I do trust him completely.With what has been going on with the DOJ and the Dems involved, I don’t blame him for leaving the House. The corruption is with in the Democratic party. What the Dems have created is a very expensive mess.
Timing is bad for him to leave. With him gone, who will pick up the mantel?
Sic ’em, Guys . . . ! Clean sweep . . . or ‘drain’ . . . as is appropriate . . .!
Semper Fi . . . !
The Deep State and NWO communist ghost army inside of our justice system needs to be tried and hung for treason. We know who and what they are and need to serve up consequences for their playing with America to have her defeated from within by domestic terrorists. Obama seemed to have bred it and Hillary would have fed it. Time to take actions our forefathers would have…..swiftly and harshly. We have too many NWO rats in our government and they seem to think they are the owners of America, that includes many Dems and Rhinos who seems to have put America up for sale to the highest bidder.
Where are the Impeachment charges?
DOJ and FBI “leaders” need to realize that stalling, for months, documents for Congress, only comes across as “making them crooks” in the eyes of any Rational Thinking Human Being.
What does it take to get rid of the corruption in the Justice Department? Sessions and Rosenstein need to go! Mueller definitely needs to go. I am sick of my tax dollars being spent for over a year on this witch hunt.
Why is President Trump not acting to fire Sessions? Can Sessions in bed with the leakers and why is still presiding as AG? What is up in Trump’s head?
The problem is, if he fires Sessions, then Rosenstein takes over the whole department. We don’t really want that. Rosenstein would be in charge until a new AG could be appointed and approved. Any idea how long that would take? But a fire definitely needs to be lighted under Sessions’ butt.
Every firing gives the left more ammunition to spread fake news. Trump needs to bide his time and pick his spots.
Robert Mueller, Jim Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and Andrew McCabe have ushered in the new level of competency, integrity, honesty, transparency and trust to the FBI.
I trust you’re being sarcastic.
Can we stop with the idiocy such as comments like ” If this is true, and the Department of Justice is indeed not only interfering with a congressional investigation but is harassing staffers assigned to dig up information, then this is grounds for disciplinary action to be taken”
What is this crap “If this is true ? OF COURSE it’s true and it’s time to nail DOJ to the wall , everybody on the planet knows mass corruption is going on and it’s time to take serious action and prosecute these people !!!!!!
Where in the world is Donald in all of this? The DOJ and the FBI work for him and him only. Sessions and Wray report to Donald, period. Donald must know what is transpiring. And yet, he does nothing. Something is not right about all of this. A Republican DOJ stonewalling the Republican House? Now I’ve seen it all.
Trump should get rid of Sessions, AND then appoint Gowdy as the next AG. We’d at least see ‘action’ that would disrupt the ‘witch hunt’ to the point where it couldn’t move except to dissolve itself. WITHOUT PAY, mind you. OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS DON’T NEED TO BE WASTED ON THE DEMOCRAT “FAT CATS” ON THIS WITCHHUNT WITH MUELLER! Mueller a man of integrity? WE DON’T THINK SO!
GET RID OF SESSIONS !!!!
The DOJ has been missing in action since Sessions was appointed.
Oh it’s all ok as long as they’re distracting attention away from Clinton and O’Bamma.. as long as they further the media agenda paid for by folks like Soros and co… This banana republic crap started years ago and we won’t hear the end of it until we use ARTICLE V of the US Constitution to restore the rights of the citizen… 38 states… telling DC what we want… instead of a bunch of people voting and hoping congress remember what we were begging them to do later on… when they’re rich famous powerful and away .. from US…
You need to do a little more research. An article 5 convention is the same thing that happened when the articles of confederacy were thrown out and our current constitution replaced it. Once the gavel goes down all the rules are thrown out. What ever is promised, written down, debated on, etc.. will make no difference. Whom ever is pushing this thing is one of the ring leaders at the conference. Another thing to consider is that if the government is not following the law now, what makes you think they will follow new laws?
The DOJ along with the FBI is obstructing justice & is totally out of control. Rip Van Sessions needs to wake up from his long slumber & stop this nonsense or resign.
The FBI,CIA,&NSA have too much power and a lot of them are owned by the shadow government and deep state. They need to have their power re-sended back to 1947 where Truman started it with the National Security Act, and they need to do what they were originally intended to be doing with their power. All three of these security agencies need to be held accountable for their actions and their elite powers taken away!
The DOJ swamp need to be drained!
Yes, the DOJ, FBI, FDA, USDA, EPA, and CDC employee must be fired, then start over.
And don’t forget to destroy Monsanto the most EVIL company on Earth. Roundup with Glyphosate is a worldwide contamination problem. All of our food, water, and air are contaminated. Get on broad and sign onto a class action lawsuit against Monsanto.
Amen to all of that Rex! Don’t forget the CIA, the most corrupt agency since it’s founding.
they are all liars! Stop Normalizing Con Men
Paid troll?