Gowdy On Special Counsel: ‘Finish It The Hell Up’

By 1600 Staff

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) delivered a stern warning to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

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Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy tore into Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday over the long-running Russia collusion probe — telling the Justice Department at a public hearing to “finish it the hell up because this country is being torn apart.” Gowdy’s excoriation marked a stunning moment at the already-tense House Judiciary Committee hearing, amid a months-long battle between congressional Republicans and the Department of Justice over its handling of both the Russia probe and Hillary Clinton email investigation.

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“We’ve seen the bias, we need to see the evidence,” Gowdy said. “If you have evidence of wrongdoing by any member of the Trump campaign, present it to the damn grand jury. If you have evidence that this president acted inappropriately, present it to the American people.

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Rosenstein and Wray have been criticized for months by Republicans on Capitol Hill who have suggested that the agencies are stonewalling congressional committees’ requests for documents related to the beginning of the Russia investigation. Committees have requested documents related to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants issued to surveil former Trump campaign associate Carter Page and on the FBI’s use of a confidential human source in the Trump campaign—also known as an FBI informant. But Democrats have pushed back against those requests, with Democratic leaders sending a letter to Rosenstein and Wray on Tuesday, expressing concern that the agencies are bowing to pressure from Republicans to disclose sensitive information.

Rosenstein is on the hill being question about his stalling and concealing of evidence from Congress related to the Special Counsel investigation, which he oversees for the Department of Justice. Rosenstein has alleged that he is offended by the inappropriate conduct of Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who have become infamous for conspiring against President Trump as they conducted surveillance on his 2016 campaign.

The bottom line is that the investigation is taking its toll on America, and Rep. Gowdy is voicing the frustration of millions who want a conclusion for the never-ending Mueller Investigation that seems to be a solution in search of a problem.

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Bill Williams
Bill Williams
5 years ago

Good for Trey Gowdy, tell it like it is. Big salute to him.

John Public
John Public
5 years ago
Reply to  Bill Williams

Trey Gowdy is the guy who dragged the Benghazi “investigation” out for 17 months

charlie
charlie
5 years ago
Reply to  John Public

how did he do that??? what a stoopid statement when the demonrats would not supply the information congress asked for and devised so many ways to keep protecting their evil cohorts and delaying the whole thing

Gary Gautreau
Gary Gautreau
5 years ago
Reply to  John Public

And your beloved Killary aloud those Americans to be killed.

Kimberly
Kimberly
5 years ago
Reply to  Bill Williams

Great. Nice speech. What the h is going to come from it? They MUST hold Rosenstein and Wray in contempt and move toward impeachment for their refusal to hand over documents since it seems the President may not be able to order the release.

John Public
John Public
5 years ago

What are you hiding Donald? (Besides your tax returns)

Gary Gautreau
Gary Gautreau
5 years ago
Reply to  John Public

Trump is under no obligation to show his tax returns.

Tom Edwards
Tom Edwards
5 years ago

Someone is getting rich off this. The have spent 18 Million Dollars so far. Figure by September will be over 20 Million. Who is getting that money. LAWYERS! As of now not a ounce of evidence! Why are they ignoring their sweet Bitch Hillary which there is tons of evidence!

Marilyn
Marilyn
5 years ago

I got one hate to see Gowdy go…the guy has a pair!!!

Louise Adams
Louise Adams
5 years ago

Bob Mueller and Rosenstein are very corrupt they need to be
brought to justice!

Carolyn Goodin
Carolyn Goodin
5 years ago

If there was evidence we would have seen it by now. There would have been leaks because the media would have pounced on it like flies on excrement. If there was evidence we would have had it thrown in our faces with a giant “I told you so.” Since we haven’t heard boo of any proof that the Trump Campaign was corrupt, but quite the opposite that the Hillary Campaign was corrupted to the nth degree ,, without consequences, I can only conclude that there IS no evidence! this dragging on and on of an investigation going no where is a slap to taxpayers, justice, and all it does is divide our country even further. If “drain the swamp” meant anything before, it has substantial meaning now. If Americans are to ever trust the Justice system again, heads should start to roll. If they don’t roll, then I as an American Taxpayer will lose trust in a government which is supposed to be “of, by and for the people.” The only way to save this Republic is to Vote GOP in November. I know the GOP stinks to high heaven too. But that’s our only option at this grave point in US history.

WILMA LEAMASTER
WILMA LEAMASTER
5 years ago
Reply to  Carolyn Goodin

MUELLER IS DICTATING TO ROSENSTEIN SO HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. COMEY IS ATTACHED TO MUELLER AND THIS IS A ROUND ROBING TO EXTRACT AS MUCH MONEY FROM THE TAXPAYERS AS POSSILBE.
AFTER LISTENING RO ROSENSTEIN TODAY. I STILL BELIEVE HE IS THE CULPURT.

Ronnie
Ronnie
5 years ago

Another money grab by these so called lawyers, I suppose the eating out at the end of the day’s b’s is added on too. 1000s more $ EVERYDAY for these crooked backstabbers.

Dale Brown
Dale Brown
5 years ago

Just smoking mirrors! Just never will understand how a set and rigged election got away from them! It’s Hillaryous! Please give us the 22 million of our money that you’ve wasted!

David in MA
David in MA
5 years ago
Reply to  Dale Brown

Maybe there was a deal between Clinton and Obama with the Russians and the Russians set the Clinton/Obama crime cartel adrift? Nobody but the Islamic Marxists want anything to do with Clinton, she is their useful idiot and the muslim bus will find her.

Bonnie
Bonnie
5 years ago

Both Republicans and Democrat’s have those in their parties that really need to be kicked out of our government. However, after seeing how democrats have acted and talked after Trump’s election, my personal opinion is to vote for our freedom so vote for Trump. A vote for any democrat is a vote for communist/liberals who want to take our freedom from us and make a third world country out of America. Congress should be abolished and we need to start over picking American thinking men and women and impose term limits. Obama is working in the background to get himself back in for president and that is a very scary thought.

Daniel Rhoads
Daniel Rhoads
5 years ago

Muelller is waiitng until about September 1, 2018 and then he is going to bring ‘”false, fake and phony chargesw against President Trump to try and get the American people to turn against President Trump in the 2018 election!!! He will not have any solid proof to back it up but will use the “Democrat Party slave liberal news emdia to push his corrupt charges “!! He is going to play you American voters, for suckers to save making the Democrat Congress!! If you American voters elect a Republican Congress he cannot impeach President Trump and so he is going to use the BIG LIE to accomplish this task!! Stop him with your votes and you will be put him our of business completely!!! It will also shut up Maxine Waters also, if that will help you with your votes also!!!…….;

David in MA
David in MA
5 years ago

I watched this Gowdy reaction. What gets me is the attitude of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, to me he came across like he was dealing with idiots and he has nothing to fear, like he is protected somehow…

Aline
Aline
5 years ago

Dale, you’re right! The left hates Trump SOOOOO much, all they want is to destroying him! BASTARDS! And yes, WE, the PEOPLE paid for this witch hunt! Thank you, mueller you moron!
22 million dollars THEY STOLE CARELESSLY FROM OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO FEED OUR FAMILIES! I had to giggle when you said that it was ‘ Hillaryous’ ! Right up her alley!

Mathew Mok
Mathew Mok
5 years ago

If it was only someone but Ringmaster Gowdy.

His endless dog and pony show has made more noise then the all the figgin commies and RINOs put together, with out causing one single indictment. All noise no results. This too will come to zero point nothing, just like the ringmaster’s enless investigations.

Time to ring the bell. close the book. put out the candle, and send them ALL packing.

Alan
Alan
5 years ago

Great, Mr. Gowdy. Keep up the pressure on those laggards like Rosenstein and the new FBI kingfish Wray. They bilk the taxpayers of too much money not to produce timely results. The FBI and the DOJ have evolved into freakish cultures that consider themselves above the law. They think that the American taxpayer exists for the pleasure of the bureaucracy.
Mr. Gowdy, please increase the pressure on draining the swamp. It is an affront to loyal Americans. Rosie, with his smug smile and cocky attitude, comes across as a slap in the face to concerned citizens.
LET’S GET RID OF THESE SWAMP CREATURES. Rosie is no good for the country and the President should fire him!
Also, Wray wreaks of that stench of the old FBI culture and maybe it’s time to fire him also.

William
William
5 years ago

Get rid of the whole bunch of sick thieving bastards before the people start doing it for you. I for one have had enough of the thieving bullshit sonsofbitches. Do lt now before someone really gets hurt, this is not a threat don’t take it that way. The voting people have had enough of this. Good by democrats, everyone vote republicans in, out with all democrats.

Tobydog1
Tobydog1
5 years ago

If Trey Gowdy does leave Congress, it will be a great loss for the American People! Criminals like the Clintons and Obamas would run rampant if it weren’t for true American Patriots like Gowdy and a few others.

The Clintons, all of them, should have been brought to justice a long time ago for treason, murder and money laundering! Their so called “charity” was nothing more than a front for their criminal activities. The Obamas, you know the fraudulent First Family, are even worse than the Clintons (if that’s possible), they weaseled their way into the White House fraudulently, destroyed the harmony of the American People, helped illegals and Muslim Terrorists get a foothold in the US, all the while stashing away millions and millions of dollars that, most likely, belonged to the American Taxpayers! Will these criminals ever be prosecuted? Probably not is we lose people like Trey Gowdy!

Jay
Jay
5 years ago
Reply to  Tobydog1

Great post. Thx.

Nick Bustamante
Nick Bustamante
5 years ago

Time to put all the Crooks in Prison like Lying Hilary and not spend a mother nickel
of Tax Payers Money investigating the Crooks…Hanging them would be ideal and a
big lesson for any other crooks who want to do the same thing,,,Throw Mueller in with
the bunch….He and Rosnstein are two big pieces of crap and do not deserve a nickel
from the t ax payers of this country….

Ray Hill
Ray Hill
5 years ago

These Republicans Trump lap dogs are trying to force the investigators to divulge their case against Trump so Trumps defense team can neutralize it before it get to the Grand Jury. Every guilty crook wants exactly the same thing. In this case it is an act of obstruction of justice and they. Gowdy his fellow Republicans, Trump and is brood can discuss all of this in their cell block some day. Boy’s you get what you deserve.

Gloria Burke
Gloria Burke
5 years ago
Reply to  Ray Hill

Ray you are an extremely gullible and stupid person. Do yourself a favor and sit down and shut up. You’re making a complete fool of yourself

Albert Grounds
Albert Grounds
5 years ago
Reply to  Ray Hill

Sorry Ray because they already have enough information to prove this whole thing was a set up and it goes all the way to the former administration as found in email on an unsecure server along with a mountain of evidence of the chain of events that puts the former heads of the State Department, past and Present member of the Department of Justice and several high officials
in the FBI involved in the scheme to get obstruction of Justice on President Trump. It all began before he was elected President. Mueller wasn’t eligible to become the Special Counsel to begin with as it was both a violation of ethics rules and the fact he was a lower court official which
made him ineligible but note he accepted it and had to know it was wrong.

Fr Tom Martin
Fr Tom Martin
5 years ago

The investigation should be stopped. The investigation on Justice Department should start

Jesse Fordham
Jesse Fordham
5 years ago

Honorable Rosenstein!!! An honorable person is someone who believes in truth and doing the right thing — and tries to live up to those high principles. I think addressing Rosenstein as Honorable is disgusting.

Jay
Jay
5 years ago

Trey Gowdy is a force to be reckoned with! He should be Attorney General. This entire investigation is a fraud and an enormous waste of taxpayer money!! It’s totally outrageous !

Daniel Rhoads
Daniel Rhoads
5 years ago

Asst. AG Rosenstein is as corrupt as they come for he is the behind the scenes guy who kept all of these Democrat Party/FBI scandals going not to dirty his hand when he is by supporting all of this corruption, crimes and lawbreaking!! He even signed one of the FISA warrants knowing it was a fake and phony The FBI has one of the leading criminals in the scandal investigating himself, is that crazy or what???…..

WhiteFalcon
WhiteFalcon
5 years ago

I want to see some impeachments and indictments for some of these arrogant criminal FBI agents and DOJ goons.

Donna M Radtke
Donna M Radtke
5 years ago

Tom Martin…… Short and to the point. You’re so right!

Chuck Adkins
Chuck Adkins
5 years ago

I’m with Trey Gowdy, enough already. If there is something to report, get with the program. But if this is nothing but a scam, there had better be jail time for all those who are involved. Let’s get back to running the nation and stop all this very expensive nonsense. Chuck

Cavity Man
Cavity Man
5 years ago

The people (if you want to call them that) that are now under fire are EVIL. We the people will be shocked by what’s been going on if they can put a hole in the armor of this deep swamp. Clinton and Obama are the roots of all evil. Wait and see.

Laurie
Laurie
5 years ago

Make them PAY back the AMERICAN TAXPAYERS for ALL of the costs and then FINE them for the damage that they have done to this COUNTRY’S CITIZENS !

Tony
Tony
5 years ago

You have people hiding behind the 5th Amendment, others have right lied, several have indicted, numerous are still under investigation. Trump has tangled a web that he will get caught in it. Investigations like this take time. How long did it take for government to get Capone and Gotti? If at wrap up time, there is no evidence or if there is, let it fall in whomever. We need to see it to the end. Mueller has done a great job, we need him to finish it when he thinks is the time. Why are the people close to trump so eager I end it .

Rick
Rick
5 years ago
Reply to  Tony

If there was something there, they should know what it is and they should show what they are basing this investigation on. It should not be possible to announce that there is collusion and spend 22 million and have nothing to show for it. Trump is not the mafia. Even criminals have a right to see what the prosecution’s evidence is – it is the law. If you get subpoenas to gather evidence you need to have some reasonable evidence to start with. Otherwise you can slander anyone and dig into anyone’s personal information for a witch hunt – hoping to find something that you can use about that person. They are either hiding whomever got them started (because it is a politically initiated witch hunt) or they are just trying to keep Trump under a cloud of suspicion, also for political reasons. Emails have been captured showing that they were out to get Trump from the beginning. Think about what they could do to you as a citizen if they are allowed to go after the president of this country without a shred of evidence. They could ruin your life and refuse to explain why. It would not matter whether you were guilty of anything or not. There would always be suspicion even if they dropped the case on you. They are obviously doing everything in their power to bring Trump down. They must hate it that he is still doing his job and the results are very good. Meanwhile, the Hillary crime for which there was plenty of evidence not only did not get prosecuted but they just gave her a pass. They never followed through on any investigation. Do you think maybe they only wanted to divert attention away her by making the Trump investigation so public? If it has taken this long to find a way to pin this collusion thing on Trump and then refuse to explain what started the case to start with, I say either they have no supporting evidence or they are completely incompetent. In either case, they have wasted 22 million dollars to harass Trump and his team. In addition, have you ever heard of any way that Russia could swing the election? Did any Russians vote that you know of? Did the somehow hack the voting machines? They have never mentioned how any collusion would change the voting outcome. Any ideas?

xtinmover
xtinmover
5 years ago

The President is right. This is a conjured up farce searching for some facsimile of reality. The guy who appointed the special prosecutor didn’t have a crime, was part of the Hillary Clinton whitewash, and has been lying about the case ever since. He should be the one facing charges.

californiasailor
californiasailor
5 years ago
Reply to  xtinmover

OH YES THE USUAL FROM THE MAIN STREAM GARBAGE….

zee
zee
5 years ago

Rosenstein is such ‘dink’. Even look like one.
Says he: i don’t know who is doing what ie ‘redaction’ etc
i just run the dept.
>oh really.
> good thing you don’t work for ‘papa’. you would’ve been
taken to the back room by now, & smacked upside the head.

zee
zee
5 years ago
Reply to  zee

ps. “feckless”…

Bill Cash
Bill Cash
5 years ago

Love Gowdy’s style and directness. Even a democrat must see that there has been nothing in the Mueller probe or there would have been charges brought long ago. But Mueller is not the driving force here although this has undoubtedly made him one of the richest men in Washington. The one major thing that has been brought to light is all this is just how little authority Congress has. Other lessor agencies ignore the direction of the congress, sit and lie in hearings, refuse to produce documents, and literally ignore the legislative branch of government. It appears that the local police chief has more authority than congress.

James Barton
James Barton
5 years ago

Now lets see some action. Mueller never expected to find evidence to indict Trump much less to convict him. But he did expect to find something (anything) that could justify impeachment. The whole idea was to get Trump anyway possible. A secondary gain has bee to use the investigation as a diversion from other issues. And to keep the political base stirred up. This was expected to help socialist democrats in the mid term elections. We shall see.

Bruce
Bruce
5 years ago

I hate to say it, but this is All B.S. this is Not going to reveal Anything. D.C. is so corrupt nothing will come of this Witch Hunt. They are all covering their asses and All should be fired. Mueller is the most corrupt of all these Swine’s. Vote Republican. We are seeing the DemoRat’s lying to protect their corrupt extra pay checks they get from Soros and the DNC. No demoRat is worth voting for. They are all scum bags.

Jay C Scott
Jay C Scott
5 years ago

Trey Gowdys best quote is:
“We need a man in Washington whose come into a heap of rope”.
I could not put it any better. High treason is still punishable by hanging and there are scores of deserving people in Washington, on both sides of the aisle.

Jay C Scott
Jay C Scott
5 years ago

God bless President Trump and be sure to drain the swamp in our Capital.
Right now DC is the largest ghetto in America and Urban Renewal needs to start clearing up all the debris.
MAGA

Jan Turner
Jan Turner
5 years ago

Wouldn’t it be nice if Trey Gowdy became the NEXT Attorney General after our present Mr. Sessions decides to resign? Could it be that Sessions is staying just so that he can leave after the November elections and/or after the beginning of the new year and the new legislators take office? Gowdy would be good and he has the law background that the job needs and the common sense to be able to fill it AND I believe he has the temperament we need at the present time. I must admit – I THOUGHT tha Sessions did, too, and he has been a sore disappointment! I don’t think Gowdy would!

Gracie
Gracie
2 years ago

Amazing that our elected have not filed one indictment on any one of the leftist cronies that have committed crimes – including FJB. Where are our elected?

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