GOP Congressman Trey Gowdy (SC) just announced that he will leave the House of Representatives at the end of his current term. The House Oversight Committee chairman stated that he wishes to return to his work in the justice system.
Gowdy is most known for the “witch hunt” he headed into Benghazi.
There is a time to come and a time to go. This is the right time, for me, to leave politics and return to the justice system. Full statement here → pic.twitter.com/7I8AApqvs1
— Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) January 31, 2018
No one is going to read all that
— Issy (@issyelliot) January 31, 2018
I didn't finish that whole sentence. Can you put it into emojis please? Preferably two emojis max
— Issy (@issyelliot) January 31, 2018
From Wikipedia:
Trey Gowdy is an American attorney, politician and former prosecutor serving as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 4th congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Tea Party movement and the Republican Party.[1] His district includes much of the Upstate region of South Carolina, including Greenville and Spartanburg.
Before his election to Congress, Gowdy was the solicitor (district attorney) for the state’s Seventh Judicial Circuit, comprising Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties. From 1994 to 2000, he was a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina. From 2014 to 2016, Gowdy chaired the United States House Select Committee on Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi.[2][3] Gowdy pressed for the prosecution of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.[4] Since 2017 and the resignation of Jason Chaffetz he chairs of the House Oversight Committee.
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