Gowdy says courts must settle Trump transition team's spat with Mueller

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By KYLE CHENEY 12/17/2017 03:47 PM EST

A top Republican lawmaker on Sunday said the courts — not Congress — should resolve a new complaint from President Donald Trump's transition lawyers about the conduct of special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

"These are issues to be briefed by the parties (or others with cognizable legal claims and standing) and decided by the court — not Congress," a Gowdy spokeswoman said in a statement.

Trump's transition legal team wrote a letter to two congressional committees, including Gowdy's, on Saturday alleging that Mueller's team had inappropriately obtained thousands of transition emails that were housed on government servers. The transition team said it hoped the findings would be "useful in discharging your oversight responsibilities, ensuring the integrity of the special counsel's investigation." It also suggested new laws protecting future presidential transitions from unwanted disclosure of emails.

But Gowdy's spokeswoman said the issues raised by the transition were "specific legal issues" regarding claims of privileged information and that those matters belonged in court, not Congress.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/17/gowdy-mueller-trump-probe-301498

[fountainofyouth]

1. The broken clock is right!

If these materials are used in a criminal trial, the defense would have every right to claim a privilege and have it reviewed before a judge.

[madaboutharry]

2. Gowdy is scared.

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Nothing would make me happier than if he is pulled into this.

[Mr.Bill]

4. He also is smart enough to know

there are two sides to this issue - Mueller's side and the losing side.

[DemoTex]

5. Me too.

Gowdy is my rep, and we cannot stand him.

[waddirum]

10. Gowdy was a member of the transition team

and would likely be recipient of many of the emails in question.

[MGKrebs]

3. He just doesn't want the Dems on those committees to see those emails.

He may be a dumbass but his self-preservation instinct still works.

[Historic NY]

6. F--k that BS Howdy Gowdy and company had Hillary's

over a year and then they shared them with Judicial Jerkoffs. It wasn't enough then he has to fabricate a few .

[syringis]

7. You can also see this...

...as the first step to distance themselves from the buffoon.

It suddenly became "specific legal issues" almost as soon as Mueller made it clear that any move in the aim to fire him, will expose to bloody answers...

Last few days it was not legal issues ? And from when legal issues that are not "specific"

are out of courts competence ??

What happened that makes them instantly showing the due respect for the rules?

Is it a Christmas Miracle ?

[murielm99]

8. Spat?

Spat?? Seriously?

[TheDebbieDee]

9. Courts that have been stacked with Trump's unqualified judges?

[pbmus]

11. Gowdy will say no for now...

Middle of the week ,his tune will change to ‘’’we got to get a commission together to investigate mueller...’’

[estefanyo]

12. the lawyers haven't reached to the court. they went straight to Congress

they know they don't have a chance to convince a judge to force Mueller to return any emails.
They went straight to Congress as part of a political campaign to make the public believe that Mueller is biased.