House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) weighed in on recent revelations about President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe in a Wednesday morning interview on CNN.
In response to the Washington Post’s Tuesday report that Mueller currently considers Trump a “subject” but not “criminal target” of the Russia probe, Gowdy downplayed the significance of the news, saying that a subject can easily turn into a target during an investigation as complex and wide-ranging as this one.
Citing his experience as a former federal prosecutor, Gowdy told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota that the labels are “meaningless to me because one witness can take you from being a subject to a target. And unless and until you have interviewed everyone and looked at everything, no one has been implicated and no one has been exculpated.”
He continued 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.”
Watch part of the interview on CNN below:
The key point is, if you didn’t rob the bank, you don’t have to worry.
If you DID rob the bank, thinking you’re going to outsmart the prosecutor is a very bad idea.
No wonder Trump is walking around shitting in his Depends. Either he lets Mueller proceed, with calamitous consequences; or he fires Mueller, with calamitous consequences; or he sits down with Mueller and tries to bullshit him into letting him go, with calamitous consequences.
Oh, yes, come on, Gowdy-Doody – shame Sparky into talking with Mueller. Please.
It would make so many of us happy. Really. I’ll even share my popcorn with you while he does!
I sure hope it’s televised…
I think this may be the first time ever I agree with Representative Trey “Whack-a-mole” Gowdy…
On the one hand, “if you have nothing to hide, you should be anxious to talk to the cops” is a terrible, terrible idea in general.
On the other hand, I really want Donald Trump to do it.