Trey Gowdy

Trey Gowdy REPRepublican

American television news personality, former politician, and former federal prosecutor

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Trey GowdyREPRepublican American television news personality, former politician, and former federal prosecutor
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Harold Watson "Trey" 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. 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 wrong-doing by then-Secretary of State Clinton. Gowdy pressed for the prosecution of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign. 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. He has since rejoined the law firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, and also joined Fox News as a contributor. In early 2021, he served as an interim host of Fox News Primetime, and then was named host of Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy later that same year.

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Campaign Funding

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$2,053,085
Total Raised
$1,777,836
Total Spent
$942,268
Cash on Hand

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Financial Data Source: Center for Responsive Politics
Education5 - 5 of 3
Spartanburg High School
1982
University of South Carolina School of Law
Juris Doctor
1989
Baylor University
Bachelor of Arts
1986
Past Positions1 - 6 of 6
Representative
United States House of Representatives
2010 - 2019
Solicitor
7th Circuit
2001 - 2010
Federal Prosecutor
United States Department of Justice
1994 - 2000
Former Clerk
Honorable John P. Gardner, South Carolina Court of Appeals
Former Attorney
Nelson, Mullins, Riley, and Scarborough
Former Clerk
Honorable G. Ross Anderson, Jr., United States District Court
Other Experience1 - 15 of 15
Former Chair
Select Committee on Benghazi, United States House of Representatives
Former Chair
Oversight and Government Reform Committee, United States House of Representatitves
Former Chair
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Ethics Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Executive Overreach Task Force, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on NSA and Cybersecurity, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Government Operations, United States House of Representatives