Trey Gowdy Spits Straight FIRE In Opening Statement During IG Hearing

Day two of the IG hearing is underway, and Rep. Trey Gowdy is NOT in the mood to play. He went right for the jugular.

Referring to IG findings that Comey defied his superiors in his handling of the Clinton email case, Gowdy accused the ex-director of essentially operating by his own rules.

“We see Jim Comey and Jim Comey alone deciding which DOJ policies to follow and which to ignore,” he said.

Gowdy accused Comey of watering down his initial statement on the investigation’s findings and making other decisions on his own. While Comey has suggested he acted unilaterally out of concern for the Justice Department’s handling of the case, Gowdy questioned why he didn’t seek a special counsel — as he indirectly did regarding concerns about the Trump administration.

“Instead, he appointed himself FBI director, attorney general, special counsel, lead investigator and the general arbiter of what is good and right in the world according to him,” Gowdy said.

Gowdy said that Horowitz’s report, which was released last Thursday, should “conjure anger, disappointment and sadness in anyone who reads it.”

He also said that, in the wake of the IG report, there were FBI agents and attorneys who decided to “prejudge” the outcome of the Clinton case.

“These exact same FBI agents and attorney prejudged the outcome of the Russia investigation before it even began,” he added.

He said “prejudging the outcome of an investigation before it ends, and prejudging the outcome of an investigation before it begins” is the “textbook definition of bias.”

He said, “Bias is intrinsically harmful. It is the making up of your mind based on anything other than the facts. We can survive with politicians we don’t trust. We can’t survive with a justice system we don’t trust.”

“Bias is intrinsically harmful. It is the making up of your mind based on anything other than the facts,” Rep. Trey Gowdy says, beginning hearing. “We can survive with politicians we don't trust. We can't survive with a justice system we don't trust.” https://t.co/QFYDvsewoA pic.twitter.com/vDuS0KHdB3

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 19, 2018

Here’s his full opening statement:

DAYUM.

Trey Gowdy just said in his opening statement absolutely EVERYTHING I, as a citizen of our great country, have felt and literally screamed at my tv as I watched the rule of law be spit on by the democratic party. AMEN Rep. Gowdy !!!

— Dianna Kramer (@8b619bc2d9f5419) June 19, 2018

Gotta’ love Trey Gowdy. That man is a born prosecutor.

— Cathy Pavlatos (@gardengal58) June 19, 2018

Trey Gowdy is the man. He should be attorney general @TreyGowdyOffcia

— Shawn Olivier (@shawn_olivier) June 19, 2018

Trey Gowdy looks the way I feel. pic.twitter.com/O73899ztl5

— Lisa Tozzi (@lisatozzi) June 19, 2018

You've got to watch @TGowdySC opening statement to IG hearing.

"Evisceration" of @Comey would putting it nicely.https://t.co/ed7Gm0rerP

— John Maddox (@johnmaddox) June 19, 2018

Trey Gowdy is a rock star!

— Marlene Butts (@MarleneButts) June 19, 2018

Gowdy just said EVERYTHING we’ve wanted to say and more.

We’re going to miss him.

h/t Fox News