Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican: Russia's probe is not a "witch hunt"

The Republican Speaker of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says that he does not agree with the statements of President Trump that the investigation Special adviser Robert Mueller on Russian interference in the 2016 elections is a "witch hunt". 19659002] "I do not think it's a witch hunt, I never thought it was a witch hunt," said Trey Gowdy on Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."

"Russia attacked this country in 2016. It's the first thing we asked Mueller He said that no American has yet been charged for plotting on the elections of 2016, but it's focused on what Russia has done.

"And it's not a witch hunt. It's an attack on our country," he said. Mr. Gowdy

. Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in Helsinki, Finland, a few days after the Justice Ministry announced a charge following Mueller's investigation accusing a dozen Russian military officers of steal e-mails from the Democratic Party.

Mr. M. Gowdy stated that Mr. Putin's first request to Mr. Trump should be "to tell us what airport we can take for the 25 Russians who have tried to interfere with the foundations of our democracy." A previous indictment accused 13 Russians of using social media to sow American divisions

"If you really claim that you have nothing to do with it, you should be as shocked as we were that your army was used to influence our election, "said Mr. Gowdy. "Tell us where you are going to extradite these people because an American grand jury has accused them of undermining our democracy."

Sunday on ABC News, National Security Adviser John Bolton downplayed the idea that Russia could extradite the dozen. military officers named in the new indictment, pointing out that the United States has no extradition treaty with Russia.

Gowdy also said that there was "absolutely" an anti-Trump bias within the FBI. His committee recently heard the testimony of FBI agent Peter Strzok, who was criticized for sending anti-Trump messages during the 2016 campaign.

The MP also mentioned the former lawyer FBI, Lisa Page, with whom Mr. Strzok exchanged some messages.

"Now, how much more than these two – I think there are four or five other agents and unidentified office and department employees who also have prejudices," Gowdy said. . "But there are 13,000 FBI agents and 99.9% of them do exactly what you want them to do and exactly how you would like them to do it."