Quotes by Trey Gowdy

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Harold Watson is the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district, a lawyer and former prosecutor. He is a member of the Republican Party. His district includes much of the Upstate region, including Greenville and Spartanburg.
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There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. Th...

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You may be less likely to pick on someone if you don't know what's in their briefcase or purse.

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The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.

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I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source.

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Honestly, I have heard a lot in my 16 years as a prosecutor.

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I do not want to stay in Washington.

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For 16 years I spoke in trial metaphors, and perhaps I need to get out of that habit.

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You don't get John Gotti to testify against his driver. You get the driver to testify against John Gotti.

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There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes.

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It is actually costlier to hire an immigrant. And yet the farm worker is almost invariably an immigrant. You can't pay an American to pick blueberries.

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There's no way we can get to the bottom of Benghazi without David Petraeus.

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I listen to Gov. Romney have to apologize because he has been successful.

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I was on the campaign trail for 18 months. I never got a question about the District of Columbia in South Carolina.

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I'm unelectable in the District of Columbia.

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I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do.

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There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself.

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If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail!

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I don't think the president had anything to do with Fast and Furious. I'm not sure Eric Holder did, which leads to a conversation about whether he should have known about it.

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The United States attorney in South Carolina was a Barack Obama appointee. Politically, he is to the left of Mao Zedong.

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October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at McPherson Square with the definition of camping being sleeping or preparing to sleep.

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Author Bio

  • NameTrey Gowdy
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornAugust 22, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer