Cummings on Gowdy Declining to Talk to Flynn Whistleblower: ‘An Effort’ to Protect Trump

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CUMMINGS: "I think there’s an effort to protect the President, to be frank with you. Again, keep in mind what we have here. We have a whistle-blower, and this person has come to us in grave fear because this person felt that — this whistle-blower felt that it was important that this information be shared for the benefit of the country. We are the committee, by the way, who deal with more whistle-blowers than probably any committee in the Congress. It is under our jurisdiction to protect whistle-blowers. It is also our jurisdiction to address conflicts of interest. It is also our jurisdiction to address security clearances. All of that comes into our committee. But the other committees are not — the Intel Committee is not looking at this. The Senate Committee is not looking at this. Somebody has to look at it. And a the end of the day, the question is what are we doing to reveal to the American people what happened, why it happened with regard to our elections and what is going on here. I’ve got to tell you that the more I look at this, it’s clear to me that this is about people trying to make money. It’s so sad. I don’t want to get ahead of Mr. Mueller’s efforts, but I think that as he moves forward, that he will uncover a lot of this."