Last night I watched Martha MacCallum interview Trey Gowdy. In case you don’t know, Mr. Gowdy is one of our Federal House Representatives. He is currently the chair of the House Oversight Committee. He came into the spotlight during the Obama administration while investigating such high profile issues as Benghazi, the IRS, and the Clinton email debacle.
Most people that I know respect this man and believe he seeks the truth in all matters that come before him. The Left hate Mr. Gowdy because he is hard hitting, well prepared at congressional hearings, and doesn’t appear to give a hoot about anything other than the truth. As you can tell, I am among his fan base. Not that he would care or rather find important.
Mr. Gowdy announced that he would not seek reelection. This is the reason that Martha was interviewing him.
Ok, you’re on the same page now!
One of the questions that Martha asked Mr. Gowdy was, People say to me that you’ve done good work. They want to know why anyone hasn’t gone to jail. She was making reference to each of the cases I noted above (Benghazi, the IRS and Clinton email/home server).
Just when I thought I knew everything, Mr. Gowdy’s answer taught me something new. Having heard his response I have to admit, I felt pretty stupid because it was so obvious and made so much sense.
Mr. Gowdy’s response: I get asked the same question every Saturday when people come up to me at Publix. Why haven’t you put these people in jail? Well, Congress doesn’t have the power to put anyone in jail. You could come before us and admit to robbing a bank and there is nothing we would be able to do about it. We provide oversight. We seek to uncover the truth for everyone to see but, only the Executive Branch through the DOJ has the power to prosecute. Duh… until tonight, I’ve been among the many Americans disgruntled with Congress for not seeing these investigations through. Now I get it. It makes sense.
It’s not as though the Obama’s DOJ, Eric Holder or Loretta Lynch were ever going to prosecute one of their own (Hillary Clinton and the IRS).
Martha asked Mr. Gowdy, Do you think any of these cases will ever be prosecuted? Gowdy’s response: We are our own worst enemy. I mean, we decided who would be our Attorney General. We picked the new FBI Director. You tell me Martha. Interesting, isn’t it? I won’t forget this comment. I know that if Hillary is never brought to trial it will be because the Republican Attorney General, Jeff Sessions either didn’t have the stones to do it or he is just part of the Washington swamp. You know damn well that the President wants these cases and people brought to justice. Hillary is not alone either. Many, many others played key roles in these cover-ups, including Mr. Obama himself. It is clearer to me now more than ever, that Sessions was a bad choice for AG.
I enjoyed the interview and I feel even stronger that Mr. Gowdy is a man of great integrity. He said that others will take his place and do a better job than he. I disagree.
Thank you for your service Trey, all the best to you.