This is a "wow". Given that this is the one guy that actually read the underlying classified data in support of the FISA warrant (not Nunes) this should definitively put an end to this conspiracy nonsense. Here is what Gowdy said this morning (funny how being relieved of running again changes one's "truthiness".
“I actually don’t think it is has any impact on the Russia probe,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) began in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” aired Sunday.
“And I was pretty integrally involved in the drafting of it,” he added, referring to his status as one of a small handful in Congress to have seen the underlying materials on which Nunes’ memo is based (Nunes himself didn’t). “There is a Russia investigation without a dossier. So to the extent the memo deals with the dossier and the FISA process, the dossier has nothing to do with the meeting at Trump Tower. The dossier has nothing to do with an email sent by Cambridge Analytica.”
“The dossier really has nothing to do with George Papadopoulos’ meeting in Great Britain,” he continued. “It also doesn’t have anything to do with obstruction of justice. So there’s going to be a Russia probe, even without a dossier.”
“I am on record as saying I support [Special Counsel Robert] Mueller one hundred percent,” Gowdy said separately, adding: “You need an investigation into the Trump Tower and the Cambridge Analytica email, separate and apart from the dossier. So those are not connected issues to me. They may be for other Republicans, but they’re not for me. I say investigate everything Russia did, but admit that this was a really sloppy process.”
“I actually don’t think it is has any impact on the Russia probe,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) began in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” aired Sunday.
“And I was pretty integrally involved in the drafting of it,” he added, referring to his status as one of a small handful in Congress to have seen the underlying materials on which Nunes’ memo is based (Nunes himself didn’t). “There is a Russia investigation without a dossier. So to the extent the memo deals with the dossier and the FISA process, the dossier has nothing to do with the meeting at Trump Tower. The dossier has nothing to do with an email sent by Cambridge Analytica.”
“The dossier really has nothing to do with George Papadopoulos’ meeting in Great Britain,” he continued. “It also doesn’t have anything to do with obstruction of justice. So there’s going to be a Russia probe, even without a dossier.”
“I am on record as saying I support [Special Counsel Robert] Mueller one hundred percent,” Gowdy said separately, adding: “You need an investigation into the Trump Tower and the Cambridge Analytica email, separate and apart from the dossier. So those are not connected issues to me. They may be for other Republicans, but they’re not for me. I say investigate everything Russia did, but admit that this was a really sloppy process.”
