Conservative hero Trey Gowdy is reportedly seeking to replace the outgoing Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) as chairman of the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Chaffetz announced that he will leave Congress at the end of June to start a career in television at Fox News. He had led the committee’s investigations into Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified material, and vowed to continue those efforts even after Donald Trump won the presidency.
Gowdy, known for his no-nonsense, killer verbal and legal assaults on the opposition, would be an ideal choice to head a committee that investigates and exposes waste, fraud, and abuse in our federal government.
Via the Daily Caller:
Gowdy’s office has confirmed he hasn’t ruled out seeking the position and is going through the process of discussing qualifications with his congressional colleagues.
“Rep. Gowdy is talking to members in the conference about the qualities they believe are most important for the next Chairman to possess,” Gonzalez said in a statement to The Post and Courier.
Politico reports House GOP leadership was courting Gowdy in April in an attempt to avoid having Rep. Jim Jordan — the former head of the House Freedom Caucus — lead the committee…
The Hill is reporting that Gowdy is the frontrunner for the position.
Former Benghazi Chair @TGowdySC front-runner to be next Oversight chairman https://t.co/QEKLuFyN7C
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) May 19, 2017
Steering Committee member Tom Graves (R-GA) said, “Trey is more than qualified to be the next chairman of Oversight.”
Would a ‘Chairman Gowdy’ be just as willing to continue the investigation into Clinton? He’d certainly be effective.
Here is Gowdy ticking off a list of statements made by Hillary Clinton to former FBI Director James Comey that were provably false.
It took him little time (roughly 60 seconds) to destroy Comey’s narrative that ‘no prosecutor could prove intent’ when it came to the former Secretary of State’s handling of classified information on a private server.
That is efficiency. Gowdy eats liberals for breakfast.
Graves indicates that Gowdy “has a lot of support from our conference” and “given the responsibilities that come with the position, and his past pedigree [as a prosecutor], he’s perfect for the job.”
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