The other day on Chris Wallace's Fox News Sunday Newt Gingrich weighed in on Robert Mueller's special council job. Here's NYPost.com, Gingrich calls on GOP to ‘abolish’ Trump-Russia probe:
WASHINGTON – Former GOP House Speaker GOP Newt Gingrich called on Republicans to “abolish” the Special Counsel investigation into any Trump campaign ties to Russia.
Gingrich is breaking with the majority of Capitol Hill Republicans who had widely praised the credibility of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to fairly and thoroughly investigate Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and potential obstruction of justice charges against President Trump.
“I think this is going to be a witch hunt,” Gingrich told “Fox News Sunday.” ...
Gingrich said the investigation is “tainted” since former FBI Director James Comey admitted Thursday he leaked his memos about his meetings with President Trump to the New York Times in effort to spark the appointment of a special counsel.
“It is very clear that Comey hates Trump,” Gingrich added in an interview Sunday with John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York.
It’s “nonsense” to think Mueller will be “neutral,” Gingrich told Fox News Sunday. The former presidential candidate said the team Mueller is assembling will be “dangerous” to Trump.
He didn't bring out anything that hasn't been said before, but he does lay it out on the table for all of us to see. In the Fox News Sunday show he compared it with the Valarie Plame debacle in which the special council didn't find out anything he didn't already know but ended up charging Scooter Libby with lying. And he very much reminded us what a witch hunt looks like.
Maybe Gingrich was firing a shot across the bow to warn Mueller and company that many will be expecting fairness and watching for bias. But will they care? We shall see. A smart lawyer can always find some high minded justification for what he does.
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2:11 PM 6/12/2017
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