The FBI launched an unprecedented counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, which was effectively continued by Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel. Despite us nearing our second year since the initial FBI counterintelligence investigation began, the evidence gathered proving collusion between Donald Trump and the Kremlin can be summarized in a total of zero words.
More recently, Mueller personally told President Trump that he’s not a criminal target in the Russia probe. Mueller is still investigating potential collusion between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia, as well as whether or not Trump has committed obstruction of justice by trying to thwart the Russia probe.
And because of that, Trey Gowdy is warning Trump.
According to the Washington Times:
Rep. Trey Gowdy said Wednesday that President Trump should not be relieved just because the special counsel said he’s not the target of the criminal investigation.
He said that until all the witnesses have been called there cannot be any real conclusions since one testimony could put Mr. Trump under speculation again. Mr. Gowdy said that if he were to guess who the main criminal suspects were, he would say the Russians, or any who colluded with him.“I don’t know whether anyone colluded with the Russians, that’s who would be the target, but we’ll let Mueller figure it out,” Mr. Gowdy said.
On CNN, Gowdy reiterated that he believes Trump should sit down with Mueller, saying that if he has done nothing wrong, he has nothing to hide. “I would tell you, if you did not rob the bank, there is no reason for you not to sit down and talk to the FBI about the bank robbery,” he said. “Assuming you have a fair prosecutor, and I think Mueller is, sit down and tell him what you know.”
Unfortunately, that kind of logic is what’s gotten nearly every other Trump associate in trouble thus far.
As a result of the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation, former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos was among those charged. His crime? Nothing related to the Russia investigation itself, but lying to the FBI.
The same is true with Michael Flynn. He didn’t collude with the Russians – he misremembered a phone conversation he had with a Russian ambassador during an interview with the FBI, leading him to be charged with lying to the FBI.
It wasn’t anything they did that got them in trouble – until they spoke to investigators. Why risk the same happening to Trump? How much do you want to bet any misremembered detail, or even Trump misspeaking, would be used as evidence against him? Given that those pushing the Russia narrative have zero real evidence, I’d say it’s extremely likely.
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