{"id":6795,"date":"2017-09-14T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egretnews.com\/?p=6795"},"modified":"2017-09-14T18:24:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:24:15","slug":"trey-gowdy-is-demanding-james-comey-return-to-congress-for-questioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egretnews.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/14\/trey-gowdy-is-demanding-james-comey-return-to-congress-for-questioning\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Gowdy is Demanding James Comey Return to Congress for Questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) announced on Fox News today that there is \u201csufficient factual basis\u201d to investigate former FBI Director James Comey\u2019s decision not to charge Hillary Clinton<\/a> before the agency had a chance to interview the former secretary of state over her use of a private email server.<\/p>\n

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Gowdy explains the critical question involved: \u201cThere is sufficient factual basis to bring him in and ask him, \u2018When did you make up your mind that you weren\u2019t going to charge Secretary Clinton?\u2019 I can tell you because I\u2019ve seen with my own eyes he made up his mind before he interviewed her. How far back, whether it was two weeks or two months, quite frankly is immaterial to me. He did it before he interviewed the last witness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gowdy, a former prosecutor, explained that one of the first rules of every investigation is to hold off on final conclusions until all evidence is properly reviewed. Gowdy noted, \u201cIf there\u2019s anything that\u2019s axiomatic in investigations it\u2019s that you don\u2019t make up your mind until you interview the last witness. It is beyond dispute that he made up his mind not to charge Secretary Clinton before he interviewed her. There\u2019s no question about that. What my friends in the Senate have uncovered is he may well have made up his mind before he interviewed the last dozen witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gowdy didn\u2019t say if he agrees with White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders that Comey is guilty, but he suggested such details should be passed along to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice. Gowdy opined, \u201cAlleging criminal violations is very serious which is why I don\u2019t do it. Press secretaries don\u2019t get to make that call. Members of Congress don\u2019t get to make that call. Reporters don\u2019t get to make that call. That\u2019s an executive branch function after an investigation, a charging decision is made by a career prosecutor.\u201d He continued, \u201cIf it\u2019s that clean and clear I\u2019m sure [Sanders] referred it to the Department of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But Comey\u2019s actions are definitely very troubling. \u201cHow in the world my fellow citizens can have confidence in an investigation where you reached a conclusion before you even gather all the facts and all the evidence is stunning,\u201d Gowdy concluded.<\/p>\n