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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrey Gowdy used the slush fund to settle a case by a man he fired
Because he wouldnt go along with the unethical hillary clinton email investigation.
To the tune of $150,000.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gowdy-benghazi-panel-settled-wrongful-firing-suit-with-150000-in-public-funds/2017/12/01/d7c49dac-d6db-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.100148cd6680
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Trey Gowdy used the slush fund to settle a case by a man he fired (Original Post)
boston bean
Dec 2017
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delisen
(6,046 posts)1. Gowdy must resign.
rockfordfile
(8,708 posts)14. Gowdy should resign
SeaDoo77
(540 posts)2. Far Worse Than Sex Scandal
Corruption.
Criminal.
Sneederbunk
(14,314 posts)3. At least Gowdy did not drop his pants, that we know of.
What is a congressional committee doing with a slush fund?
Irish_Dem
(47,518 posts)7. Oh God, that picture in my mind made me cringe. nt
Kingofalldems
(38,496 posts)4. Lock his punkass up.
Irish_Dem
(47,518 posts)5. All these slush funds to cover their illegal behaviors. We should all have such great jobs.
The rest of the world gets fired when they screw up at work.
MontanaMama
(23,357 posts)6. Someone from the media
needs to seek this guy out to get the full story. This could be WAY worse than any sex scandal.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)8. KNR
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)9. Watch for this story to sprout legs.
genxlib
(5,544 posts)10. Kicking for exposure
This story needs to be spread far and wide.
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)11. 150k? Nope. Nothing to see here.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)12. Hope that asswipe gets burned
kairos12
(12,882 posts)13. Lock him up!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)15. Taxpayer money to silently fix Gowdy's personal mistake. . . . . nt
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)16. Was Conyers settlement from this fund or did he use personal money?
Will Gowdy and Farthold be in the same boat as Conyers?