Louie Gohmert Grills Mueller on Comey Friendship, Strzok – ‘You Perpetuated Injustice’ Against Trump
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By Joe Setyon
Published July 24, 2019 at 7:55am
Rep. Louie Gohmert faced off Wednesday against Robert Mueller, pressing the former special counsel on his relationship with former FBI Director James Comey. The Texas Republican eventually concluded that Mueller “perpetuated injustice” against President Donald Trump.
The exchange came during Mueller’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
Mueller was testifying about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, which found no evidence that Trump or his campaign knowingly colluded with Russia.
“A 2013 puff piece in the Washingtonian about Comey said basically when Comey called, you’d drop everything you were doing. It gave examples. You were having dinner with your wife and daughter, Comey calls, you drop everything and go,” Gohmert said.
“The article quoted Comey as saying if a train were coming down the track and ‘At least Bob Mueller will be standing on the tracks with me.’ You and James Comey have been good friends and were good friends for many years, correct?”
Mueller responded: “We were business associates. We both started off in the Justice Department about the same time.”
“You were good friends. You can work together and not be friends, but you and Comey were friends,” Gohmert interjected.
Mueller then conceded the point.
“We were friends,” the former special counsel said.
“That’s my question. Thank you for getting to the answer. Now before you were appointed as special counsel, had you talked to James Comey in the preceding six months?” Gohmert asked.
Mueller responded, “No.”
“When you were appointed as special counsel, was President Trump’s firing of Comey something you anticipated investigating, potentially obstruction of justice?”