Benghazi Pay Scandal Just Came Back to Bite Trey Gowdy

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http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/03/21/benghazi-pay-scandal-just-came-back-bite-trey-gowdy/

Benghazi Pay Scandal Just Came Back to Bite Trey Gowdy

BY PETER MELLADO

PUBLISHED ON MARCH 21, 2017

Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) became a right-wing media darling almost overnight when he was named Chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi in 2014.

As the head of this committee, the former prosecutor from South Carolina became the face of the GOP’s years-long campaign to pin the terrorist attack against the American annex in that beleaguered Libyan city – one that resulted in the death of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens – on then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.

On Tuesday afternoon, a complaint was filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics against Rep. Gowdy, requesting an investigation into the South Carolina congressman “…for accepting $6,000 in political action committee contributions from Anti-Hillary Clinton groups while investigating her.”

The ethics complaint, filed by the Democratic Coalition Against Trump, details how the three $2,000 contributions came from conservative groups affiliated with Stop Hillary PAC – a group that also “…spent [an additional] $10,000 directly in support of Rep. Gowdy.”

Gowdy took payment from these groups in 2015 – while he was the Chairman of the Select Committee investigating the former Secretary of State. He tried to defuse the situation in October of that year by returning the donations in question ahead of a Washington Post story exposing them. Stop Hillary PAC caused an embarrassing scandal days earlier when they aired this Benghazi-themed ad during the Democratic Presidential Debate, one that politicized the deaths of the 4 fallen American heroes.

The Democratic Coalition Against Trump released a memo announcing the complaint and request for an investigation today, and it includes a list of payments with dates made to Rep. Gowdy by these groups, as well as the response from the Office of Congressional Ethics.

[shraby]

1. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. So,

what Republicans will "head up the investigation" and declare that there's "nothing to see here, folks, keep moving" - just like they're doing with anything and EVERYTHING related to Drumpf and the Russian/election/conflict of interest/income tax return/nepotism problems.


Looks like I forgot to include the Nunes and Yates "situations," too!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

5. congressional Republicans are mostly crooks and practically brag about it.

With very few exceptions the mafia/ganglike mentality goes right down to the local level. They get training on ripping off cities from seats on the council. They rise together. Some idiot or desperate Democrat tries to play the same game and winds up bebind bars because he has no gang.

[NewRedDawn]

3. Howdy Doody Gowdy

carrying on the fine Southern tradition of treason for 160 years and counting.

[stillcool]

4. Nice...Thin the herd

Pick them off any way you can

[Left-over]

6. Isn't it amazing

how there is always a payday for your actions. Don't matter what crap you spew goes around comes around. Gowdy's due has arrived.

[calimary]

7. I hope Zippy the Pinhead gets what's coming to him.

But again, with scheming mendacious malevolent jerks like this, I'm forced back to my basic question: WHO THE FUCK VOTES FOR THIS GUY???

Seriously.

WHO THE FUCK SEES FIT TO SEND JERKS LIKE THIS TO CONGRESS (and the Senate, too)?????

We have to look into that district, try to figure out where the weaknesses are, where the Democrats and other "friendlies" are - and make sure they VOTE. So we can kick this guy OUT OF POWER!!!

Is there any way to reach these Gowdy voters?

Or are they a lost cause and it's better and smarter to opt for Plan B (getting as many Democrats in that district out to VOTE)?

That may be the ONLY way to drain the swamp of reptiles like this guy. If his voters are unredeemable, then we overpower them with OUR voters. And who knows? Considering how the trends over the past few election cycles show that a million more Dems went out to vote than CONS, but because of gerrymandered districts, our majorities didn't count.

The only way to MAKE them count is to go local in our voter strategies - and build from the ground up - so we TAKE BACK the districts - for 2018 and even more important: 2020. Remember: That's a CENSUS YEAR. Always on the "zero-years". The population is counted, statistics are updated based on population changes, and Congressional districts are REAPPORTIONED. And whoever has the majorities in the statehouses gets to redesign the districts based on the findings in the new census.

[Cha]

8. gowdy because a tragic farce