Gowdy Getting Involved In Trump's New Investigation?
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) has taken a special interest in the FBI's handling of the Russia investigation. On Thursday, Gowdy will meet with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Ed O'Callaghan of the Justice Department. Both congressmen, of the Oversight Committee and the Intelligence Committees respectively, met with the Justice Department earlier this month to go over their role in FISA abuse of the surveillance court.
This is a big deal. as there is apparently a confidential source involved that has Senate Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia wary of the meeting. "Chairman Burr and I have been pretty clear that we don't think that information should even be shared with us," Warner said Tuesday. "We've turned down the opportunity to have that kind of briefing, because, because of the threat of leaking. Because there are other bodies on the Hill that get information, and very quickly afterward that information appears in the press. We wanted to make sure that weren't going to be subject to any, even those kind of allegations."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) attacked the fact that no Democrats are invited to the meeting, even though Warner, ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, declined to attend. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders fired back, saying that no Democrats asked to attend. Schumer's preemptive attack indicates that something is brewing with the story.
The meeting was brokered by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, meaning that President Trump is apprised of the meeting, as it stems from the FBI's role in the 2016 campaign. With the president talking recently about the FBI Spying scandal as being "bigger than Watergate", Gowdy's involvement indicates that the president's claims are being reviewed by the House Oversight committee, which is more than just an early morning tweet.
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