Trey Gowdy | |
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| Chair of the House Oversight Committee | |
| In office June 13, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jason Chaffetz |
| Succeeded by | Elijah Cummings |
| Chair of the House Benghazi Committee | |
| In office May 8, 2014 – July 8, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 4th district | |
| In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Inglis |
| Succeeded by | William Timmons |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harold Watson Gowdy III August 22, 1964 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Terri Dillard (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Baylor University (BA) University of South Carolina (JD) |
| Signature |  |
| Website | www |
Harold Watson Gowdy III (born August 22, 1964) is an American television news presenter, former politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. His district included much of the Upstate region of South Carolina, including Greenville and Spartanburg.
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 from 2000 to 2010. From 2014 to 2016, Gowdy chaired the United States House Select Committee on Benghazi which was partly responsible for discovering the existence of Hillary Clinton's private email server.[1] His investigative committee spent over two-and-a-half years and $7.8 million investigating the events surrounding the 2012 Benghazi attack, ultimately not finding evidence of specific wrongdoing by then–Secretary of State Clinton.[2][3][4] Gowdy pressed for the prosecution of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign.[5] Beginning in June 2017 he chaired the House Oversight Committee.
On January 31, 2018, Gowdy announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018 and that he intended to pursue a legal career instead of politics.[6][1] He has since rejoined the law firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough,[7] and also joined Fox News as a contributor.[8] In early 2021, he served as an interim host of Fox News Primetime,[9] and then was named host of Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy later that same year. In May 2023, Gowdy served as a guest host of Fox News Tonight following the firing of Tucker Carlson.[10]
- ^ a b Dumain, Emma (January 31, 2018). "Gowdy, key player in Clinton, Trump campaign probes, won't seek another term". McClatchy DC website. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- ^ "The Endless Trial of Trey Gowdy's Benghazi Committee". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- ^ "Clinton team used special program to scrub server, Gowdy says". Fox News. 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ Demirjian, Karoun (2016-06-28). "Trey Gowdy defends two-year Benghazi probe that was riddled with partisan conflict". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "Gowdy: Clinton should be prosecuted". thestate. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Trey Gowdy". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ^ Connor, Eric. Trey Gowdy swears off politics as he joins power firm Nelson Mullins in Greenville, Greenville News, January 3, 2019.
- ^ "Trey Gowdy joins Fox News as a contributor". January 30, 2019.
- ^ "Former U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy to host new Fox News Primetime show week of Feb. 1".
- ^ Johnson, Julia (2023-05-19). "Trey Gowdy will host Tucker Carlson's former 8 pm slot on Fox News this week". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2023-05-20.