‘That’s Not What This is About!’ CNN’s Keilar Presses GOP Lawmaker Over Comey Investigation

Republican Rep. Dan Meuser (PA) went off on a tangent about the Steele Dossier on Thursday when CNN’s Brianna Keilar asked about the Trump administration’s investigation into former FBI Director James Comey.

The case centers on whether Comey perjured himself during congressional testimony involving the 2016 investigation into Russian interference in the US presidential election, according to CNN.

“We’re learning that Attorney General Pam Bondi and other federal prosecutors have concerns about the case against Comey, about going forward with this. That’s according to sources. Does that give you pause?” Keilar asked.

Meuser chuckled before saying, “Well, Brianna, the only reason I laugh is because James Comey began all of his, attacks on the president on a false premise, and that was the Steele dossier. Kash Patel and the FBI has found some credible evidence that shows that they were very well aware — they, meaning Comey and all of them in the leadership, Strzok and others — that the Steele Dossier was phony. Yet James Comey walked into the president of United States’s office at the time, President Trump, and said, ‘Sir, we have concerns about this.'”

“That’s not what this is about,” Keiler countered. “That’s not what this is about.”

Meuser kept on, “He knew the Clintons paid for it, and yet he pursued it like it was real evidence.”

“Well, can you answer my question?” Keilar asked.

“I’m sorry I thought I did.”

“No, does it give you pause that the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and other federal prosecutors had concerns about moving forward with a potential indictment that could come as soon as today?” Keilar repeated.

“Okay, yeah, I didn’t hear the question properly,” Meuser said. “Sure. That sounds like critical thinking taking place, and that’s a good thing.”

Keilar then asked if Meuser thought Trump got himself into trouble with his Truth Social post encouraging Bondi to go after his political rivals.

“Well, you know, Brianna, let’s see how it plays out…Let’s see if we have the proof that shows that James Comey lied from the very beginning about the Steele Dossier and his pursuit of President Trump and his leak that he admitted to, to the press.”

Watch the clip above via CNN.