Gowdy: "I Think We Could See A [Second] Special Counsel" To Investigate FBI & DOJ

. @TGowdySC : "I think we could see a [second] special counsel." #SundayFutures @MariaBartiromo pic.twitter.com/YyDV8NRL2v

House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) tells Maria Bartiromo on 'Sunday Morning Futures' that it is possible a new special counsel will be appointed to investigate the role the FBI played in the 2016 campaign.





BARTIROMO: So the last time we spoke you wanted to see a second special counsel. Give me your thoughts on U.S. Attorney John Huber here investigating the actions here. Jeff Sessions deciding not to do a special second counsel and putting John Huber on the case, this prosecutor, your thoughts there real quick and do you think ultimately we still could see a second special counsel?



GOWDY: I think we could see a special counsel. I am going to withhold final judgment. This is someone whose not part of the main justice so that's good. That was our primary complaint that main justice could not do it. We wanted special counsel and particularly if there's going to be a criminal referral which I'm not assuming there is but if there is a criminal referral, I would like to see a special counsel appointed. This is a good interim first step. I've defended Attorney General Sessions when it was kind of lonely to do so. The failure to produce documents is indefensible. The picking of a U.S. attorney in Utah is defensible even though I disagree with it.







BARTIROMO: By the way, before you go, do you think we're going to see criminal referrals out of this I.G. report, the Michael Horowitz report?



GOWDY: You could. Any time I see a lack of candor that is Latin, sometimes, for false statement and, you know, there are a lot of people in the Mueller probe that have been walking in front of judges pleading guilty to making a false statement. I'm not presuming anything, I'm not prejudging anything, I really am waiting on Michael Horowitz's report but if there's a lack of candor and a duty particularly under oath to be candid then you may see criminal referrals.