understand what he says? some of the answers after this closed meeting. we ll have a public hearing in which he ll abou be called to testify and answer questions in public. this is a deposition. there are classified and unclassified materials involved in this. the fact of the matter is we want to know what he has to say and we want to know it now. once we have finished those sorts of interviews we ll have public hearings and he will certainly be a central figure in those hearings as well. does this open up the questions of the special councils probe? well, i think the special council was tasked at taking over an investigation run by the
i think that s, frankly, an absurd suggestion. it s not about complexity, it s about conflict of interest. this is an investigation of the president of the. this is an investigation of the president of the united states. to have that investigation run by a direct subordinate of the president of the united states is self evidently a bad idea. we have had independent counsels, special counsels, special prosecutors, whatever you want to call them, frequently since at least the 1970s. and by and large the system has worked well. you know? president trump doesn t like it. too bad. he doesn t get to pick who investigates him. that s the whole point of having a special counsel. that s the direction of the deputy attorney general of the united states and under the direction of the attorney general of the united states. sure, there s one layer removed and a little bit more independence. and independent of the
it s not about complexity, it s about conflict of this is an investigation of the president of the united states. to have that investigation run by a direct subordinate of the president of the united states is self evidently a bad idea. we have had independent counsels, special counsels, special prosecutors, whatever you want to call them, frequently since at least the 1970s. and by and large the system has worked well. you know? president trump doesn t like it. too bad. he doesn t get to pick who investigates him. that s the whole point of having a special counsel. that s the direction of the deputy attorney general of the united states and under the direction of the attorney general of the united states. sure, there s one layer removed and a little bit more independence. and independent of the president. the career, they can do that
what he said was so completely out of line and factually incorrect. laura, let s run through some basic facts. so the fbi rented by the book, the way americans wanted him to run the investigation. really? then why didn t they notify congress about for eight months, when prior procedure was to notify congress quarterly on sensitive investigations. another question. if they ran it by the book, how is it that two suspicious potentially felony weeks of information happened in both october and january to the new york times and washington post ? is that an example, mr. gowdy, of a finely tuned investigation run the way americans would have wanted, hidden from congress? he did nothing but feed the leftist propaganda machine yesterday and he should go back and clarify those out outrageous, absurd remarks. laura: i think he s obsessing over the definition of
left and what he said is so completely out of line and factual incorrect. laura, let s run through some basic facts. so the fbi ran it by the book, the way americans wanted him to run the investigation. really? then why didn t they notify congress about for eight months, when prior procedure was to notify congress quarterly on sensitive investigations. another question. if they ran it by the book, how is it that two suspicious potentially felony leaks of information happened in both october and january to the new york times and washington post ? is that an example, mr. gowdy, of a finely tuned investigation run the way americans would have wanted, hidden from congress? you know, seriously, give me a break. he did nothing but feed the leftist propaganda machine yesterday and he should go back and clarify those out outrageous, absurd remarks. laura: i think he s obsessing over the definition of spy within the intelligence