Oh say it isn’t so. Say the Benghazi Committee is Pure As The Driven Snow, that Our Hero Trey Gowdy would NEVER do anything untoward, like trying to destroy a woman’s reputation for political purposes — no no no no no —
AND, you’re saying, on top of all that horrible stuff he and his cohort would NEVER do to HRC they blew $150,000 of taxpayer money to settle a wrongful termination suit?
Oh my stars.
I’m shocked.
As chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) used $150,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle with a former aide who alleged he was fired in part because he was not willing to focus his investigative work on Hillary Clinton.
The Post confirmed the confidential settlement reached between Gowdy and the Benghazi panel and Bradley Podliska after it appeared in a list of settlements released Friday by the congressional Office of Compliance. Gowdy is now the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
In a list provided to the House Committee on Administration, the OOC disclosed it oversaw one $150,000 settlement involving a claim of veteran status discrimination and retaliation in the last five years. Podliska, in addition to claiming he was fired for his refusal to focus on Clinton, alleged retaliation by his supervisors because he took leave to fulfill his obligations as an Air Force reservist. His December 2016 settlement, which covered the veterans status and retaliation claims, was reported by The Washington Post at the time without the settlement amount.
Seriously? Can we lock them ALL up now? Before they pass their catastrophic “tax cut” bill?
Good heavens.
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PS does anybody still think The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy is a, you know, conspiracy theory? Because I don’t. I just think it’s vaster and uglier than we ever imagined, and that some of the Congresspeople we’re trusting to represent us are very, very bad news.
Also they can’t afford health care for kids, Medicare, Medicaid, the environment, the State Department diplomats, education, help for affordable housing…
Uh huh.