GOP/INVESTIGATIONS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Trey Gowdy, the former South Carolina congressman who led the committee that investigated the terrorist attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, will join President Trump’s legal team as an outside adviser. The move — which had been widely anticipated — was announced Wednesday [10-9-19] night by Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow…Mr. Gowdy, a former prosecutor who served four terms in the House before resigning in January, met with Mr. Trump for lunch on Tuesday [10-8-19] at the White House. He is expected to be a presence on television defending the president. As chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Mr. Gowdy led a two-year investigation into the 2012 attack in Libya that was sharply criticized by Democrats as a vehicle for Republicans to investigate Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time and went on to become the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.”
–Maggie Haberman, “Trey Gowdy, Who Led Republicans in Investigating Benghazi, Joins Trump Legal Team,” The New York Times online, October 9, 2019