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Trey Gowdy

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Trey Gowdy is a former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district, serving from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Gowdy gained national prominence as the chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where he led investigations into the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. His tenure in Congress was marked by a focus on issues such as government oversight and national security. Prior to his congressional career, Gowdy served as a federal prosecutor and was known for his legal expertise and assertive questioning style during hearings.

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Jul 10, 2012

I was hoping to keep that a secret, but I thank the gentlelady from Florida for outing me as a lawyer.

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Jul 10, 2012

So I thought maybe you and I together, with the help from our friends who are law professors, could come up with some examples on where there are limitations of people's First Amendment rights.

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Jul 10, 2012

The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash, legally and otherwise.

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Jul 10, 2012

You know, we have to have confidence in the outcome, and you have to have confidence in the process. So why not do what lots of Members of the House and Senate have asked and have a special prosecutor? Why not do it?

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Jul 10, 2012

Well, it is certainly not the law. That is just DOJ policy.

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Jul 9, 2012

the Nation and my State, with over 16 percent uninsured, finds itself with no cost controls.

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Jul 9, 2012

When the Speaker said, we have to pass it to find out what is in it, we knew exactly what we were in for.

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Jul 9, 2012

When ObamaCare was being rammed down the throat of the minority we were denied any witnesses.

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Jun 28, 2012

I thank the chairman. This is a sad day, Mr. Speaker, for those of us who respect the rule of law as the foundation of this Republic, for those of us who proudly worked for the Department of Justice, for those of us who believe the same…

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Jun 28, 2012

My question is simply this: What percentage of the truth do you want? When we're asked to negotiate; when the Attorney General comes and asks us for an extraordinary accommodation, whatever that means; when we're asked to compromise; my…

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Jun 19, 2012

If Congress has time to look into Major League Baseball, the BCS and invite Stephen Colbert to come to a committee hearing, surely to goodness, we have time to get answers on a fundamentally flawed lethal investigation like Fast and…

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