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Trey Gowdy transcript from today... No edits to twist it
Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:13 pm
On Sunday, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) appeared on CBS’ "Face the Nation" with host Margaret Brennan, and made a damning claim: the FISA warrant wouldn’t have been granted without the Steele dossier.
BRENNAN: We should dig into this because you are, from my understanding, the only Republican investigator on the House Intelligence Committee who actually viewed the FISA applications. Everything that went into essentially putting together this memo. So, when you're talking about this Steele memo, you are not saying that it was the sole piece of evidence used to justify these four authorizations of the surveillance warrant, are you?
GOWDY: No. It was not the exclusive information relied upon by the FISA court.
BRENNAN: Would it have been authorized were it not for that dossier?
GOWDY: No, it would not have been.
BRENNAN: How can you say that because it was authorized four times by separate judges?
GOWDY: Right, and the information was in there all four times. And the judge doesn't do independent research. There are three Republicans that have seen every bit of information — three of us. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), the Chairman of the Judiciary, Johnny Ratcliffe (R-TX), who was a former terrorism prosecutor and a U.S. attorney in Texas, and me.
All three of us have total confidence in the FBI and DOJ to be able to do the jobs that they have been assigned; we have confidence in Bob Mueller; and we have serious concerns about this process. So, we have all three of those things in common, including being concerned about what happened in 2016.
BRENNAN: Should all the information in the FISA applications be publicly disclosed, declassified, so that people can make their own judgment and see what you've seen?
GOWDY: I think — I'm gonna defer a little bit to the Bureau and the DOJ on — it's a long application. If there are sources and methods that are not already known, that they think would jeopardize national security, I would defer to their judgment. The source that we revealed, Chris Steele, was about the least well-kept secret in America. So, generally, I err on the side of transparency and disclosure. On the other hand, there's a reason that this process is usually confidential, and I don't want to set the precedent of all FISA applications being publicly seen.
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BRENNAN: We should dig into this because you are, from my understanding, the only Republican investigator on the House Intelligence Committee who actually viewed the FISA applications. Everything that went into essentially putting together this memo. So, when you're talking about this Steele memo, you are not saying that it was the sole piece of evidence used to justify these four authorizations of the surveillance warrant, are you?
GOWDY: No. It was not the exclusive information relied upon by the FISA court.
BRENNAN: Would it have been authorized were it not for that dossier?
GOWDY: No, it would not have been.
BRENNAN: How can you say that because it was authorized four times by separate judges?
GOWDY: Right, and the information was in there all four times. And the judge doesn't do independent research. There are three Republicans that have seen every bit of information — three of us. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), the Chairman of the Judiciary, Johnny Ratcliffe (R-TX), who was a former terrorism prosecutor and a U.S. attorney in Texas, and me.
All three of us have total confidence in the FBI and DOJ to be able to do the jobs that they have been assigned; we have confidence in Bob Mueller; and we have serious concerns about this process. So, we have all three of those things in common, including being concerned about what happened in 2016.
BRENNAN: Should all the information in the FISA applications be publicly disclosed, declassified, so that people can make their own judgment and see what you've seen?
GOWDY: I think — I'm gonna defer a little bit to the Bureau and the DOJ on — it's a long application. If there are sources and methods that are not already known, that they think would jeopardize national security, I would defer to their judgment. The source that we revealed, Chris Steele, was about the least well-kept secret in America. So, generally, I err on the side of transparency and disclosure. On the other hand, there's a reason that this process is usually confidential, and I don't want to set the precedent of all FISA applications being publicly seen.
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Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:20 pm to Jjdoc
Consistent with everything we've heard.
No dossier, no FISA approval.
So everyone involved in submitting the FISA application including is complicit in the deliberate falsification of data to the court.
The only question left at this point is the degree to which each may be guilty.
No dossier, no FISA approval.
So everyone involved in submitting the FISA application including is complicit in the deliberate falsification of data to the court.
The only question left at this point is the degree to which each may be guilty.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:42 pm to Jjdoc
STILL, can someone, anyone, explain why a dossier on TRUMP was necessary to get a warrant to spy on Carter Page?
Posted on 2/4/18 at 5:58 pm to mtntiger
The Carter Paige bull shite is nothing more than subterfuge by the Democratic Party . The FBI was servailing CarteR Paige back in 2013. The Dossier was used to secure a FISA warranty to spy on Donald Trump and his a campaign during a presidential election. All this bull shite from the Dems about FISA and Carter Paige is simply to through people off. Just some more cock gobbling, lying demagoging prog bullshite
This post was edited on 2/4/18 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:05 pm to mtntiger
quote:
STILL, can someone, anyone, explain why a dossier on TRUMP was necessary to get a warrant to spy on Carter Page?
Regardless of how shady Page has been made out to be due to previous activities in his past, It needs to be pointed out that Carter Page has not been charged with anything!
You can bet if they had anything on him he would be facing charges.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:06 pm to mtntiger
They had to tie it to trump to get the warrant. The information they had before was not enough to get and approved FISA but if you show that the president might be open to being influenced.
It was really sneaky what they did. Going after someone low let them cast a huge net to catch everyone else. No judge in there right mind would have approved it if they tried to get a FISA on a presidential candidate.
It was really sneaky what they did. Going after someone low let them cast a huge net to catch everyone else. No judge in there right mind would have approved it if they tried to get a FISA on a presidential candidate.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:14 pm to Jjdoc
No Republican who has seen the warrant will come out and say what part or parts of the dossier was made a part of the warrant. Until they do, all of this is gibberish.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:15 pm to MorningWood
quote:
They had to tie it to trump to get the warrant. The information they had before was not enough to get and approved FISA but if you show that the president might be open to being influenced.
It was really sneaky what they did. Going after someone low let them cast a huge net to catch everyone else. No judge in there right mind would have approved it if they tried to get a FISA on a presidential candidate.
quote:
They had to tie it to trump to get the warrant. The information they had before was not enough to get and approved FISA but if you show that the president might be open to being influenced.
It was really sneaky what they did. Going after someone low let them cast a huge net to catch everyone else. No judge in there right mind would have approved it if they tried to get a FISA on a presidential candidate.
Yes they would have. They are sane just corrupt.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:15 pm to texridder
It's like classifications mean nothing to you Dianne.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:15 pm to texridder
quote:
No Republican who has seen the warrant will come out and say what part or parts of the dossier was made a part of the warrant. Until they do, all of this is gibberish
Until someone is in handcuffs, all of this is gibberish.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:38 pm to llfshoals
quote:
No dossier, no FISA approval.
^^^^^
This
Dem and MSM talking point is ....dossier was only part of info.
But they continue to neglect to say that without the dossier there would be no warrant.
This post was edited on 2/4/18 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:41 pm to Rohan Gravy
de-class everything
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:41 pm to texridder
You want them to reveal to the public information on a still classified document?
What do you think they are, democrats?
What do you think they are, democrats?
This post was edited on 2/4/18 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 6:56 pm to Rohan Gravy
quote:
But they continue to neglect to say that without the dossier there would be no warrant.
Which is astounding considering that FISA court is basically a rubber stamp.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 7:00 pm to Rohan Gravy
quote:
Dem and MSM talking point is ....dossier was only part of info.
If it was more than 0%, then their argument is useless. We already know the answer.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 7:01 pm to Jjdoc
quote:
GOWDY: I think — I'm gonna defer a little bit to the Bureau and the DOJ on — it's a long application. If there are sources and methods that are not already known, that they think would jeopardize national security, I would defer to their judgment. The source that we revealed, Chris Steele, was about the least well-kept secret in America. So, generally, I err on the side of transparency and disclosure. On the other hand, there's a reason that this process is usually confidential, and I don't want to set the precedent of all FISA applications being publicly seen.
Gowdy is and always will be a cuck in shepards clothing.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 7:13 pm to Jjdoc
I know a lot of people are pissed at Gowdy as of late, but I sure am going to miss him. I don't blame him for wanting to go back to criminal justice after festering in the swamp for so long. But his background and what he brings to Washington, that's what I'll miss. He's been on the right side of the judicial system for so long that nobody can pull the wool over his eyes. Not even seasoned, lying politicians and other individuals in the same justice system.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 7:56 pm to Jjdoc
quote:
All three of us have total confidence in the FBI and DOJ to be able to do the jobs that they have been assigned
which translates to the blame being shifted to the individuals involved
Comey - fired
McCabe - resigned
Ohr - demoted
Srtrzok - demoted
Page - demoted
Comey aide - resigned
Comey chief of staff - resigned
FISA judge - recused
Rosenstein? (seems like hes the only one left)
And with all those gone, do we get a SC on Hillary, that eventually links to Obama?
Posted on 2/4/18 at 8:33 pm to Rohan Gravy
quote:
Dem and MSM talking point is ....dossier was only part of info.
But they continue to neglect to say that without the dossier there would be no warrant.
Yep.
Breaking news tonight on CNN...
Posted on 2/4/18 at 8:34 pm to Jjdoc
So is Gowdy good or bad?
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