Author of 'Doesn't Hurt to Ask' Trey Gowdy reacts to the Durham Russia probe investigation on 'Fox & Friends.'
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Brian president, trumps legal
fight over the twenty twenty election. Far
from over this morning,
Steve Statewide Joe Biden leads
President Trump by approximately
are fourteen thousand votes in Georgia.
Forty nine point: five versus forty nine point: two Ainsley
Ainsley thats right
and here now is Fox NEWS,
contributor, former House
Oversight Committee, chairman and
author of: does it hurt to ask
Mr Trey God duh,
hey Trey, good, to see you?
How are you
Ainsley good morning
from a law school standpoint,
legal standpoint? What is the
path here?
Well, the path for
Republicans needs to be. Every
legal vote is counted and no
unlawful of vote is counted and
Ainsley. That needs to be true,
whether its fraud or simply a
mistake. It needs to be true
whether the errors are
consequential or dispositive or
not.
I mean we should have zero
margin for error in something as
important as our presidential
election.
So true, two thousand six hundred votes would not
be sufficient to change the
outcome in Georgia,
but my interest is not just in
changing outcomes. It is making
sure the next election this one
and the next one. We can all have
confidence in it,
so keep going based on the
evidence,
Brian. How much longer do you
think he has
until states begin to certify
their election results, and then
I guess on December, the 14th
when the electoral college
meets.
But you know it is the not to
me just about the election we
just had
ing. I mean if memory serves, we
have two more elections coming
up in Georgia in January and
sure I enough were going to
have another presidential
election.
We should have zero acceptance
for error, whether its fraud or
mistake in our presidential
elections,
Steve well Trey. You know
there are so many stories out
there and so many suggestions
that a lot of rumors about what
may or may not is have happened,
and so you know were still in
that gray area right now,
but going forward once its all
sorted out and figured out
there are going to be a lot of
people who do not accept
whatever the result is
right,
which is why the only word you
hear me use is evidence.
I cant I mean I cant traffic
in rumors, I cant traffic. I
have to be able to cross, examine
it
so thats. Why I like the
courtroom.
There are rules. You present
your case.
Look televisions, easy!
I can say what I want on
television, but cross examine
the evidence
so for everyone who has claimed
x at some point, there needs to
be an accounting for what you
claimed and there needs to be a
consequence. If you have
overstated your case, which is
why you never hear me say
widespread fraud,
I dont want isolated instances
or mistakes.
It doesnt have to be fraud. For
me,
even an innocent calculation
error. I dont want us to have
those in presidential races.
Ainsley just count all of the
ballots.
We all deserve to know this, its
a fair process, P, Democrats and
Republicans alike.
All right! So do you think the
mail in votes going forward? You
mentioned the election in four
more years. Well be talking
about another presidential
election in the next few years.
Do you think well continue to
see these democratic states,
especially the democratic
governors, push the mail in
ballots,
yeah,
Ainsley, even after corona,
oh of course, because its
advantageous to them?
So our forefathers for reasons
I dont fully understand left
it up to the states.
Although Congress Ainsley can
get involved
if Californias going to decide
to harvest votes, and meanwhile
republican states will be
criticized for even asking you
to show an id e when you vote,
so this is going to be all at
the astronaut level.
But d at the state level.
Democrats are going to do
whatevers easiest for them to
win elections.
Brian W5Eu9Ing, to see whats
happening with the Durham probe.
Here is what Jim Jordan hopes
for.
Mr Durham is doing his work.
I expect that some kind of
report some kind of
investigation here real soon
like you, I am frustrated that
it didnt happen sooner
but hook you and I cant put
anyone. We cant prosecute
anyone we cant indict anyone.
All we can do is get the facts
out to the american people.
The Justice Department has to do
that.
Im hopeful theyre, going to
have something real soon for the
american people,
Brian Sean Davis, at the
federalist tweets out. According
to his sources, the Durham probe
investigation will not be
released.
Hes dropping it
hes worried about blowback from
Joe Biden.
If that is indeed true, can
that happen?
Can you pay for a probe and not
come forward with any
conclusions
that would be shocking? To me
I mean John Durhams. Never
struck me as someone whos
afraid of Joe Biden or President
Trump or anyone else.
You know federal prosecutors,
dont serve at the pleasure of
presidents.
I mean these career prosecutors
can keep going
its going to be really bad for
the country for us to have been
led to believe that this
defunnive accounting is coming
and then have it not come
whatever the results are
produce. What you found for the
last two years
Steve exactly
there may not be indictments,
but at least let us see- and
this goes back to your earlier
testimony- counselor the
evidence.
Yeah,
I mean indictment thats the
highest form of sanction we have
in our culture.
I dont like malfeasance, I
dont like negligence,
I mean if people abuse their
position, it may not be
indictable, but we still need to
know about it.
Weve got of to have confidence
in the FBI,
so John Durham, whatever you
found good, bad or indifferent,
you need to present it.
My sense is hes, not afraid of
Joe Biden or anyone else. So I
hope that report wrong, and I
hope Jim Jordan is right and
Jim usually is right.
Steve very good.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-17.