Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and other Benghazi Committee Republicans
While we're waiting for House Benghazi Czar Trey Gowdy to serve up his latest pronouncement on when and for how long he wants Hillary Clinton to testify, or whether he won't let her testify because she hasn't yet jumped through enough hoops, Politico gives Gowdy
another tongue bath:
As his negotiations with Clinton’s high-powered attorney, David Kendall, continue, Gowdy is going out of his way to avoid the appearance of meddling in presidential politics — no easy task given who he’s dealing with. The 50-year-old congressman, a federal and state prosecutor earlier in his career, is eyeing a federal judgeship and hates being tagged as an ideologue.
Since Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) tapped Gowdy to run the Benghazi panel, Gowdy has repeatedly stressed that he’s unwilling to risk his reputation as a sincere legislator just to nab a Democratic heavyweight — even if the catch is the presumed Democratic nominee for president.
Hahahahahahahahaha. That is high-quality stenography right there. "Gowdy is going out of his way to avoid the appearance of meddling in presidential politics" as it
takes him longer to investigate Benghazi (which has already been repeatedly investigated) than it took previous select committees to investigate Hurricane Katrina response or 9/11, and as the length of his investigation just happens to promise to stretch into the height of the presidential election. And as Gowdy
suggests other select committee topics that play into major Republican furors. But maybe the most "hates being tagged as an ideologue," "unwilling to risk his reputation as a sincere legislator" part of Gowdy's recent schedule has to be the
Republican "Beyond Benghazi" fundraiser he headlined.
Psst, Trey: If you really hate being tagged as an ideologue, there are things you could do about that.