Rep. Trey Gowdy announces he is leaving politics to "return to the justice system

[titaniumsalute]

Source: NBC News

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Holy shit. Wasn't expecting this. Replacing Sessions possibly?

[Javaman]

1. either he had a moment of clarity or...

some just dropped a dime on him.

and his "return to the justice system" means jail time

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. needs investigating

We must have an investigation into Ghazi Gowdy's investigations. He's running away, therefore he must be guilty. 5 to 10 years should be enough time for investigators to find out what he's hiding. Shouldn't have to testify before committees more than 3 or 4 days a week.

[niyad]

14. welcome to du. you are absolutely correct.

[Fullduplexxx]

15. Gowdy-ghazi lol

[onetexan]

77. LOL

was laughing so hard i almost sprayed my screen with a mouth full of coffee

[gopiscrap]

45. Perfect! Welcome to DU

[onetexan]

42. highly likely

he knows something's about to drop and getting out while he has the opp.

[sprinkleeninow]

87. "....about to drop, out with an opp." Poet(ress). 😊

[Hortensis]

65. Hope so, but Roll Call mentions U.S. Court of Appeals.

It's dropped in their article without comment.

The current and upcoming judicial vacancies on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are for seats generally based in South Carolina. Dennis Shedd, who took senior status effective Tuesday, was a senior member of the staff of former South Carolina GOP Sen. Strom Thurmond, including as staff director of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Gowdy is the ninth GOP chairman to announce he won't seek re-election in November and the second this week, after New Jersey Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, announced on Monday he wouldn't seek a 13th term.

and

Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the 4th District race Solid Republican. President Donald Trump carried the district by 26 points in 2016.

https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/south-carolinas-trey-gowdy-wont-seek-re-election

[pangaia]

68. That was my first reaction. Some appointment to a court of appeals..

[AZ8theist]

72. don't let the door hit you in the ass...

you treasonous anti-american piece of shit. Go fuck yourself.

[LuckyLib]

91. Ha! And welcome to DU!

[elleng]

2. HA, 'to return to the justice system!'

[Turbineguy]

6. He'll defend the innocent

who want to be convicted and sent to prison anyway.

[dchill]

13. +1000!

[flt rsk]

24. So he is leaving

the “just us” system to return to the justice system. What does that pinhead know about justice?

[yonder]

46. more like "subject to the justice system". we can only hope. nt

[jalan48]

3. He's positioning himself to become Trump's Minister of Justice.

[mountain grammy]

4. A time to come and a time to go.

Tell me he didn't say that.. good riddance

[Scarsdale]

19. His "time to go"

went a few years ago, like BEFORE he made an ass of himself over Benghazi. Not much of a lawyer, is he? He looks as though he got his head caught in a revolving door someplace, and it got squished.

[BobTheSubgenius]

84. It's very Ecclesiastical, don't you think?

Especially the "Stomach turns turn turns" part...although I realize that pop folk song came later than the original text.

[lagomorph777]

90. Buh-bye, Gowdy Doody!

Don't let the door hit you in your tiny wooden ass on the way out.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Is that brain dead ignorant ass an attorney? Dear god please tell me no.

Former prosecutor?

I wonder how dark his prosecutions tended to be.

[iscooterliberally]

62. I saw him on some old episodes of Forensic Files.

Apparently he was a prosecutor. He will be sorely not missed. I want my $70million in wasted Trey Ghazi tax dollars back.

[bullwinkle428]

75. Yep - I've seen some of those episodes as well! Apparently before he got

totally drunk on the Kool-Aid.

[sprinkleeninow]

88. Former prosciutto.

[getagrip_already]

7. wouldn't being tried, convicted, and incarcerated count..

as returning to the judicial system?

I fully endorse this return. If he gets appointed as a judge by trump, not so much.

[Wwcd]

33. Agree with you on this. Never trust the word of those shady crooks like Gowdy

He's either under a sealed indictment or he's been promised a powerful judge seat.

Snake

[dalton99a]

8. Good riddance to RW trash

[erinlough]

9. May he go into oblivion

So that I never have to see his pointy head or hear his abrasive voice again.

[GeorgeGist]

10. as an inmate?

[NeoGreen]

21. Beat me to it (N/T)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. The justice system on the planet Remulak. nt

[Xipe Totec]

16. No, please. You've done quite enough already. nt

[thbobby]

17. shitheads are dropping like flies

or rats off a sinking ship. Or scared to death of Mueller. America is being destroyed by GOP and I am laughing about another scumbag trying to flee.

[titaniumsalute]

18. Replacing Sessions maybe??

[thbobby]

23. Yea

Hope you are wrong. A criminal not recused replacing one that is recused. GOP war on America playing out right before our eyes.

[titaniumsalute]

25. Yeah I hope I'm wrong too.

He's done plenty of damage within the walls of the House but he could be awful in the DOJ.

[BadgerMom]

64. Honestly, would the pass the Senate confirmation?

[MontanaMama]

59. Bingo.

Watch this space. I think you're correct.

[deminks]

20. We'll always have Benghazi.

[meadowlander]

27. LOL

[Leghorn21]

30. ...and his ever evolving dos...I shall miss them

[rurallib]

51. I always thought he would become Benedict Donald's stylist

[kirby]

81. One of those is not Gowdy

Someone threw in a Jim Trafficant.

[PunkinPi]

82. .

Link to tweet

Trey Gowdy is retiring to dedicate himself full-time to his search for a barber that doesn’t hate him.

[mountain grammy]

86. ......

[underpants]

50. Pfffrttt

[Raven123]

22. Too late

He already sold his soul. All that is left is payback.

[George II]

26. As a prosecutor or as an inmate?

[bucolic_frolic]

28. The Star Chamber

c. 1400-1641 style

[brush]

29. There must be some kompromat on him

[pamdb]

31. Gowdy

Good riddance.

[dbackjon]

32. Hopefully as a defendant in a trial

[Ken Burch]

34. He's confessed and is awaiting sentencing?

n/t.

[nycbos]

35. R+15 district

Probably not flippable

[PoorMonger]

36. Glad to see him leave

But I also have worries about his ‘return’ as I’m sure he would be a Trump puppet in whatever job he is angling for.

Also wonder about all these retirees maybe being afraid of campaigns now with heightened attention on metoo & foreign ‘contributions’.

[StevieM]

37. He is a despicable man. His career amounts to the Benghazi inquiry, when the GOP

betrayed our country.

[old guy]

38. He can return to the Justice Channel and get face time without challenge.

[Vinca]

39. Is that double speak for he's about to be arrested for something??

[Algernon Moncrieff]

40. I'm thinking he's replacing Sessions

Back in the halcyon final days of the Obama administration, I recall many of the Trump supporters wanted Gowdy for AG.

Otherwise, FBI.

[DFW]

52. That was my fear when I read this

Never mind that having someone like Gowdy (or Sessions, for that matter) as A.G. doesn't really allow our judicial system to carry the label "justice" with any degree of credibility.

[ancianita]

41. Which he will turn into a white man's injustice system every chance he gets. The pinhead.

[riversedge]

43. I have seen several twitters lately of Gowdy replacing someone in the DOJ. Not good but

glad he will be gone from OUR HOUSE!

[gopiscrap]

44. wow, that's pretty big

[riversedge]

47. John Fugelsang: Gowdy is retiring but looks forward to exploiting 4 Americans killed in Benghazi whi

He is right. Gowdy still has a year to do dirty work from OUR HOUSE!!



Republican Swine Retweeted
John Fugelsang
?Verified account @JohnFugelsang
4m4 minutes ago

Trey Gowdy is retiring but looks forward to exploiting 4 Americans killed in Benghazi while blaming everyone except the actual terrorists so he can achieve cheap political points in the private sector.

Link to tweet

[lapfog_1]

48. Perhaps... just perhaps

this is all part and parcel of Nunes memo...

Follow me here for a second. Nunes writes a memo that details some of the sources and methods the FBI has been using to listen in to both Russian spies and their collaborators. The intention was to claim that the supporting documentation used to get the FISA warrants was flawed so, therefore, the entire Mueller investigation is flawed ( fruit from the poisonous tree is the legal theory here ) .

However...

I don't think that the FISA warrants stoped with Carter Paige.

There were other important people caught up in this ( either directly in the sense that they had their conversations recorded OR that there were simply mentioned in crosstalk between Russians ) .

The more aware ( and possibly the more guilty ) of those caught up in this counter-intelligence operation are scuttling out of town in the hopes that resignation or not running for Congress is enough "punishment" for their collaborative actions.

[FakeNoose]

69. Sounds about right

The smart ones are getting out while they still can. Mueller knows where to find them though. They're just farther down the list, but he'll get them soon enough.

It's the Repukes that aren't leaving that are going to be the problem. Some are very guilty, but others might slide by. I mean how many cases can Mueller actually handle? The little guys with "less guilt" are still guilty, but they might get a pass when all is said and done.

[left-of-center2012]

49. From Wikipedia ...

Legal career

... private practice before being appointed an Assistant United States Attorney in April 1994. Gowdy would later be awarded the Postal Inspector’s Award for the successful prosecution of J. Mark Allen, one of “America’s Most Wanted” suspects.

In February 2000, he left the United States Attorney’s Office to run for 7th Circuit Solicitor. He defeated incumbent Solicitor Holman Gossett in the Republican primary.
He ran unopposed in the general election. Gowdy was re-elected in 2004 and 2008, both times unopposed.

During his tenure, he appeared in four episodes of the television program "Forensic Files," as well as Dateline NBC and SCETV.
He prosecuted the full set of criminal cases, including seven death penalty cases.

When the State faced a budget crunch that forced many employees to go on unpaid furloughs, Gowdy funneled part of his campaign account into the Solicitor's budget so his staff could keep working.

[Weed Man]

53. Hopefully the only job he can get is the justice the peace

at a piecemeal rate of $1 per case.

Asshole deserves nothing but poverty and humiliation for what he has fucked up.

[bucolic_frolic]

54. Leading lights of the Rump Congress departing weekly

Glad to see them go ... for all their bravado, they are snowflakes, unwilling to tatter their little ears when the polls blow against them

[avebury]

55. Republicans in Congress are fleeing like rats trying to get

off a sinking ship.

[denbot]

56. Say hello to our new US Attorney General.

I’m sure he’ll discharge his duties as impartially as he did in his role in the Oversight Committee.

[pbmus]

57. And another one bites the dust...

[procon]

58. He looks ill, absolutely cadaverous compared to earlier photos. nt

[dlk]

60. Let's Hope Gowdy's "Return to the Justice System" isn't SCOTUS

[Sancho]

61. the rats are jumping ship...

before it goes under

[Dave Starsky]

66. Or he's being promoted to Chief Petty Officer.

Say hello to the new Attorney General.

[awesomerwb1]

63. Hope we field a strong candidate to at least try to

take that seat.

[jmowreader]

67. Apparently the new mascot for the GOP is the rat

Which is why so many are leaving that sinking ship.

[bucolic_frolic]

70. A Ratpublican would be a welcome tag

I'm wondering if so many are leaving due to fear of losing, recognizing the writing on the wall, or if this is a rolling extrusion from the ongoing investigation. In some novels, Robert Ludlum's "Apocalypse Watch" for example, full matrices of conspirators exit in full view and the public never learns the real reasons. Tidy, less political upheaval that way. Or perhaps just fiction.

[FakeNoose]

71. Yepp ... or my favorite, the cockroach

[Cryptoad]

73. Next SCOtus justice!!!!!!!!

[Paladin]

74. Adios, motherfucker. (nt)

[apnu]

76. The hill has a write up on this. There is an opening in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in SC.

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/371629-trey-gowdy-announces-retirement-from-congress

Buried at the bottom:

"Gowdy's name has regularly been tossed around as a potential pick by the Trump administration to fill a judicial appointment. While he's denied that speculation in the past, a vacancy on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over South Carolina, opened up just one day before Gowdy announced his retirement."

[onetexan]

78. So what is the count now of Repugs not running for re-election?

i read a few days ago the list is twice as long as Dems.

[LudwigPastorius]

79. Trump rewards those who attack his political opponents.

I wouldn't be surprised if Gowdy was promised a Supreme Court nomination down the line.

[lagomorph777]

80. Best part of the justice system for him is jail.

Good riddance.

This trend really gives me heart. Those in a position to know how hacked the system is, oviously believe that there is a Blue Tsunami coming.

[TrollBuster9090]

83. Please LET The Door Knob Hit You In The Ass, You Sweaty, Pinheaded, Freakish P.O.S.

Another rat scrambles up onto the deck of the sinking USS GOP, after it hits the puffy, orange iceberg. (I can only assume he doesn't want to share a jail cell with Darryll Issa and Jason Chaffetz.)

And if it IS because he's going to replace Sessions....GOOD! That means he can spend the next two years being raked over the coals in front of a Democratic select committee, the way they did to Eric Holder.

File Photo: Trey Gowdy Questions Hillary Clinton

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[MarcA]

85. Just another Rthug who deliberately damages the democratic government

leaves to collect his $$$ from his oligarchic benefactors and
leaves a mess for the Ds to try and fix.

[DemoTex]

89. It's Gowdy-Doody time!

When Très stepped down from the head of the Ethics Committee a week or so back, I predicted this. I think Très Gowdy is in deep trouble, and I think it has to do with his PAC and Russia. Sweat bullets, Rattus rattus.

[mpcamb]

92. Hope that returning to the justice system means doing time.