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Yep, darling of the Republican Party and former Representative, Trey Gowdy.
“ Former Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Sunday he "100 percent" agrees with Democrats holding closed-door impeachment hearings.
Gowdy, who served from 2011 to 2019 as a powerful South Carolina congressman, touted the role of privacy and due process in House investigations, even if Republicans don't support the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Gowdy's stance is in direct conflict with several of current GOP House members who burst into a closed-door hearing last Wednesday and held press conferences accusing House Democrats of trying to impeach Trump while "hiding in the Capitol basement."
"Do you still believe [private hearings are more constructive?]" Brennan asked Gowdy Sunday morning.
"One hundred percent," he replied. "I have always...you can't pick and choose which aspects of due process you're going to use. It's not just the privacy, I mean the reason we respect executive branch investigations isn't because they're behind closed doors, it's because there are no leaks."
Gowdy criticized the more than 30 Republicans including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks for storming into the private hearings and making electronic recordings of the proceedings public. But Gowdy also criticized the Democrat-led investigation over "selective leaks" of people's depositions and testimony.
"I think if you're going to have private investigations with unlimited time for questioning and cross examining witnesses that's a good thing," he said. "I'm a rule follower, I threw a Republican out of a hearing because he was not a member of the committee."
Former GOP Rep Trey Gowdy '100%' Agrees House Democrats Should Hold Private Impeachment Hearings
If only the remaining active Republican representatives had 1/2 of Gowdy’s integrity.
“ Former Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Sunday he "100 percent" agrees with Democrats holding closed-door impeachment hearings.
Gowdy, who served from 2011 to 2019 as a powerful South Carolina congressman, touted the role of privacy and due process in House investigations, even if Republicans don't support the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Gowdy's stance is in direct conflict with several of current GOP House members who burst into a closed-door hearing last Wednesday and held press conferences accusing House Democrats of trying to impeach Trump while "hiding in the Capitol basement."
"Do you still believe [private hearings are more constructive?]" Brennan asked Gowdy Sunday morning.
"One hundred percent," he replied. "I have always...you can't pick and choose which aspects of due process you're going to use. It's not just the privacy, I mean the reason we respect executive branch investigations isn't because they're behind closed doors, it's because there are no leaks."
Gowdy criticized the more than 30 Republicans including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks for storming into the private hearings and making electronic recordings of the proceedings public. But Gowdy also criticized the Democrat-led investigation over "selective leaks" of people's depositions and testimony.
"I think if you're going to have private investigations with unlimited time for questioning and cross examining witnesses that's a good thing," he said. "I'm a rule follower, I threw a Republican out of a hearing because he was not a member of the committee."
Former GOP Rep Trey Gowdy '100%' Agrees House Democrats Should Hold Private Impeachment Hearings
If only the remaining active Republican representatives had 1/2 of Gowdy’s integrity.