35 Facts About Trey Gowdy

Harold Watson "Trey" Gowdy III was born on August 22,1964 and is an American television news presenter, former politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the US representative for from 2011 to 2019.

Trey Gowdy's district included much of the Upstate region of South Carolina, including Greenville and Spartanburg.

From 2014 to 2016, Trey 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.

Trey Gowdy pressed for the prosecution of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign.

On January 31,2018, Trey Gowdy announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018 and that he intended to pursue a legal career instead of politics.

In May 2023, Trey Gowdy served as a guest host of Fox News Tonight following the firing of Tucker Carlson.

Trey Gowdy was born on August 22,1964, in Greenville, South Carolina.

Trey Gowdy is the son of Novalene and Harold Watson "Hal" Gowdy Jr.

Trey Gowdy grew up in Spartanburg, where as a young man he delivered newspapers for the local daily and worked at the community market.

Trey Gowdy graduated from Spartanburg High School in 1982 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Baylor University in 1986.

Trey Gowdy graduated Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1989.

Trey Gowdy defeated incumbent Solicitor Holman Gossett, in the Republican primary, and then ran unopposed in the general election.

Trey Gowdy was re-elected in 2004 and 2008, both times unopposed.

Trey Gowdy prosecuted the set of criminal cases and seven of them were death penalty cases.

Trey Gowdy was one of several candidates in the 2010 primary who ran well to Inglis' right.

The 4th district was considered so heavily Republican that it was widely presumed Trey Gowdy had clinched a seat in Congress with his primary victory.

Trey Gowdy ran for re-election to a second term against Democrat Deb Morrow.

Trey Gowdy was initially quoted as being "disappointed" with the version, even though the redrawn 4th would have been as solidly Republican as its predecessor.

Trey Gowdy was quoted as being "pleased" with this version, since Greenville and Spartanburg counties remained linked.

Democrats criticized Trey Gowdy for conducting his investigations in a partisan fashion.

However, in a June 2018 hearing, Trey Gowdy urged Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to wrap up the special counsel investigation.

Trey Gowdy opposed the 2011 defense authorization bill, citing concerns about the prospect of Americans being detained without trial on national security grounds.

Trey Gowdy worked on the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Trey Gowdy frequently spoke on the floor of the House on issues ranging from Operation Fast and Furious to his support for reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

Trey Gowdy scored 97 out of 100, and was one of 34 congressmen given the award.

Trey Gowdy signed the Contract from America, which aims to defund, repeal, and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, limit United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations, enact a reform of the federal tax code, pass a balanced budget amendment, and end earmarks.

In May 2018, Trey Gowdy challenged President Trump's accusation saying that the FBI had spied on his 2016 presidential campaign.

In June 2018, Speaker Paul Ryan came out in support of Trey Gowdy, saying that Trey Gowdy's assessment was "accurate".

At a July 2018 congressional hearing, Trey Gowdy suggested there was impropriety on behalf of FBI agent Peter Strzok and said that Strzok had shown bias in favor of Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election.

Trey Gowdy said that this had shaped Strzok's work for the FBI.

On March 4,2014, Trey Gowdy introduced the ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014 into the House.

In late December 2015, Trey Gowdy endorsed Senator Marco Rubio for president, praising him as a rarity among elected officials for having kept his campaign promises.

Trey Gowdy's endorsement strained his relations with Donald Trump's campaign; Trump said that Trey Gowdy had "failed miserably on Benghazi".

On December 1,2017, the Congressional Office of Compliance said that while Trey Gowdy was acting as chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, a former congressional aide of his reached a settlement with Congress and the House Employment Counsel.

Trey Gowdy is a former Miss Spartanburg and once a second runner-up for Miss South Carolina.