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The Latest: Former SC Rep. Trey Gowdy joins Trump legal team
AP ^ | October 8, 2019 | Jill Colvin

Posted on 10/08/2019 5:22:45 PM PDT by billorites

Edited on 10/08/2019 6:18:39 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Former Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy has been tapped to serve as outside counsel to President Donald Trump as the House impeachment inquiry expands.

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To: lee martell

Trey was a very effective Federal Prosecutor, I believe that he would have been able to do more in the HOR if he didn’t have Paul Ryno to deal with.


41 posted on 10/08/2019 6:15:32 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Fester Chugabrew

The problem I see with it is that Gowdy had a love affair with the Creatures in the Black Lagoon. He kept praising the FBI as a whole, and the prosecutors in the DOJ. When this is all said and done, there shouldn’t be much of an FBI remaining, and the DOJ will have a ton of empty offices. The CIA should be burned to the ground. Is Gowdy willing to go that far? I doubt it.


42 posted on 10/08/2019 6:16:35 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!)
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To: billorites

EEVERYBODY knew Comey was covering up Hillary’s email info AT THE TIME and Gowdy was sticking up for Comey about it far too long as this video link demonstrates one example. I’ve had a lower opinion of him ever since. Don’t think he is the best person for this job (if this story is true) because he is so easily “baffled” when everybody knew the “fix” was in. jmo

https://youtu.be/jRz_XsIj994?t=38s


43 posted on 10/08/2019 6:28:59 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Dogbert41
Not knowing the breadth and depth of the corruption, it seems prudent on Gowdy's part to express overall confidence on the one hand, and to shine a light on bad characters whose actions clearly undermine that confidence. He did shine light. He quizzed Von Pantsuit like no other member of Congress over the private server he brought to light as well. I could care less about his hair. He reminds me of a verbal and legal equivalent to the Psalm-quoting sniper in Saving Private Ryan.
44 posted on 10/08/2019 6:31:45 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Dogbert41

Personally I see him as a deep state snake. Mr. Red Meat Prosecutor!.


45 posted on 10/08/2019 6:32:07 PM PDT by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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To: billorites

It’s Traficant’s possum baby.


46 posted on 10/08/2019 6:36:55 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: billorites
Really, what's with the hair?

He's had several different bizarre hair styles. It makes it easier for him to stand out on TV amid the crowd of other posturing blatherers.
47 posted on 10/08/2019 6:41:39 PM PDT by Colinsky
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Well, he’s got one now. Let’s see what he does. His talk and his logic are awesome. Hope he’s squeaky clean and loyal.


48 posted on 10/08/2019 6:42:04 PM PDT by stanne
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To: billorites
To those who claim that Trey Gowdy was "all talk and no action" or "all hat and no cattle" as pretend cowboys like to say, I have one very serious question: What would you have done differently in his position?

As chairman of the House Oversight Committee and the House Benghazi Committee, Gowdy exposed widespread misconduct and wrongdoing by many government officials. In fact, much of what we now know is thanks to Trey Gowdy. But as skilled a questioner as Gowdy was, he had zero authority to bring criminal charges against anyone. That power rests solely with the executive branch, in the person of the attorney general and ultimately the sitting president. This is 8th grade Civics, folks.

And by the way, in case anybody suspects that he was dirty... Trey Gowdy left Congress last year after four terms with a net worth of less than $200,000.

49 posted on 10/08/2019 6:43:44 PM PDT by Always A Marine ("When you strike at a king, you must kill him" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: glennaro

“Before his congressional career, Gowdy served as a federal prosecutor in the District of South Carolina from 1994 to 2000 and then as the solicitor (district attorney) for South Carolina’s Seventh Judicial Circuit, comprising Spartanburg and Cherokee counties”.
Accordingly, Mr. Gowdy was a successful prosecutor during his 6 year tenure.


50 posted on 10/08/2019 6:45:51 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: billorites

I have gotten upset with Gowdy, but he’s, by far, the best interrogator there is... he asks the right questions.

He had announced he was joining a law firm, but he’s since joined Fox and now the President.


51 posted on 10/08/2019 7:03:53 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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Haven’t read the thread yet. How many people here have trashed a congressman for not having the power to prosecute?

I repeat from threads passed: could you imagine people like Nadler, Waters, Pelosi with the power to prosecute?


52 posted on 10/08/2019 7:06:20 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: billorites

I suspect the reason Trump wants him on his team is that Trey can play some really good golf.


53 posted on 10/08/2019 7:20:23 PM PDT by struggle
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To: billorites
I think it's stylish



54 posted on 10/08/2019 7:23:10 PM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways to Sunday)
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To: billorites

Trump just hired a swamp insider. Sure, he says he not, but he is.


55 posted on 10/08/2019 7:55:24 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: mkmensinger

“Gowdy does know House rules and procedures better than most.”

You raise a good point and maybe the reason for the hire.


56 posted on 10/08/2019 8:11:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Always A Marine

Thanks you for your critique of Trey Gowder. IMHO, he is highly underestimated by many on FR. He strikes me a super saavy and would have taken down a lot of traitors if he had been a position to prosecute. His prosecutorial record is flawless and he has a wry sense of humor that is always a plus.


57 posted on 10/08/2019 8:37:07 PM PDT by varina davis (President Donald J. Trump in 2020!)
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To: lee martell

All mouth. I can’t think of one thing he has actually accomplished.


58 posted on 10/08/2019 8:41:29 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: billorites

I’m going with my gut feeling on this by saying this is an excellent decision.

We’ll see.


59 posted on 10/08/2019 8:46:37 PM PDT by unlearner (Be ready for war.)
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To: Brilliant

Jay Sachalow (sp) and Greg Jarret


60 posted on 10/08/2019 9:46:38 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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