2/14/2018

POLITICAL FIGURES: “Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, said Wednesday [2-14-18] he’s retiring from Congress because he misses the justice system and prefers working in an environment ‘where facts matter.’…
The former federal prosecutor who has served in Congress for seven years said he’s ‘more at peace in jobs that reward fairness and are fact-centric than I am in Congress.’…
Gowdy is just one of many Republicans heading for the exit ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
He was first elected in 2010 after ousting former GOP Rep. Bob Inglis and took over as chairman of the influential House Oversight Committee last year after Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz left Congress.
The South Carolina Republican also famously led the House probe into the 2012 Benghazi attack that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other US nationals dead.”

-Veronica Stracqualursi, “Gowdy on his retirement from Congress: ‘I like jobs where facts matter’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Feb. 14, 2018 10:54am