BUSTED: Republican Trey Gowdy Caught Using Private Email Server

[DonViejo]

By Colin Taylor

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Republicans across the country have been obsessing over former Secretary of State and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time at the State Department. But what Republicans really should be asking is: What about Gowdy’s private email server?

On July 5, Clinton was cleared by a team of FBI investigators led by FBI Director James Comey. Dismayed by the fact that their email-centric political witch hunt failed to indict Clinton just weeks after the Benghazi “scandal” also cleared her, they decided to investigate the investigators and take on Comey. Gowdy led a portion of Comey’s interrogation.

Which makes it all the more hypocritical to learn that Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) has been exposed for having his own personal email server at treygowdy.com. AlterNet remarks that “while it’s not unusual to maintain such a thing particularly for campaign work, it’s not clear that Gowdy utilizes this email solely for political campaign work and not congressional tasks.”

Requests for comment by both Alternet and Correct The Record‘s David Brock were both ignored by the Gowdy camp, which is highly indicative that he does use his personal email for Congressional work- if he had nothing to hide, why wouldn’t he just say so? Especially with the integrity of his failed committee under such harsh scrutiny by the rest of the nation, demanding answers for the colossal misuse of public funds and time. Gowdy had better be ready to put his own actions under the microscope.

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[trotsky]

1. Well, that would figure.

Republicans have been masters of projection for some time.

Think of Newt Gingrich, Bob Livingston, and Denny Hastert lecturing Bill Clinton on sexual impropriety.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. omg - that is so true ! Always thought it was a Karl Rove ploy too - always

pounce first. Always pick your biggest weakness and blame your opponent first.

Because more people will hear and remember the first time mentioned whether true or not.

[Nevernose]

8. Rove's evil genius was attacking strengths

Like hitting Kerry in his war record, or calling Gore too smart. There's really no easy way to defend yourself from someone attacking your strengths.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. What's he doing these days? Can tell he's not helping Trump. Attacking

McCain for his strength - war-hero-ness

[sarae]

2. Perfect.

And I'm sure that's the tip of the iceberg when it comes to these hypocrites...

[longship]

3. Phweee! Paging Anonymous!!!

Just kidding. But it would be some sort of justice.

[NoMoreRepugs]

18. oh yes - let's page Anonymous and see if we can't expose

this douche-bag for the DOUCHE-BAG he is

[Iliyah]

4. Thats ok, he's a GOPer and that makes him untouchable.

[Wounded Bear]

9. IOKIYAR...NT

[scscholar]

5. " why wouldn’t he just say so? "

And not saying you're innocent proves you're guilty. If you weren't guilty, why wouldn't you say you're not? He is caught and this is proof.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. kick

[Yonnie3]

10. time for a FOIA on Gowdy's email

[Fla Dem]

32. Unfortunately I'm not sure the left has anything similar to the RW Judicial Watch who filed the FOIA

for HRC's emails.

Not going to post a link to their site. But you can tell just from what's here they are very active in harassing this administration and will be even more rabid if HRC is elected. Wish the left had a similar organization that went after Republicans.

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JANUARY 11, 2016 | SEE ALL CASE »


Judicial Watch announced that it filed a lawsuit on December 2, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking records of communications from National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials regarding methodology for collecting and interpreting data used in climate models. The lawsuit sought the same documents…

CASE
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On July 15, 2015, Judicial Watch announced that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Daily Caller News Foundation, a media organization based in Washington, D.C., seeking records from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (The Daily Caller News Foundation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (No. 1:15-cv-01125)).

CASE
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. John F. Kerry (No. 1:15-cv-00785)
JUNE 01, 2015 | SEE ALL CASE »


On May 28, 2015, Judicial Watch announced it has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State John Kerry in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to compel Secretary Kerry’s compliance with the Federal Records Act and challenge “the failure of Defendant Kerry to take any action to recover emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton” and other U.S. Department of State employees unlawfully removed from the agency.

CASE
7 New FOIA Lawsuits to Force the Release of Clinton Emails
MAY 07, 2015 | SEE ALL CASE »


On May 6, 2015, Judicial Watch announced that it filed seven Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the State Department in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to obtain the release of documents about the Clinton email scandal, including emails of her top aide Huma Abedin and records about the Benghazi and Clinton Foundation scandals. The seven new FOIA lawsuits seek the following:

Non-“state.gov” emails of former Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00684)).

Hillary Clinton’s State Department emails (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00687)).
Non-“state.gov” emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00689)).

The names of all State Department employees using non-“state.gov” email addresses to conduct official business (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00690)).

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s communications during the attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, during which U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith were killed. A second assault targeted a nearby compound, killing two government contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00692)).

State Department policies, procedures and review process enacted to ensure against conflicts of interest between foreign interests and the Clinton Foundation, during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of State (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00688)).

Hillary Clinton’s resignation as secretary of State (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00691)).

CASE
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00646)
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[Yonnie3]

37. Yes, unfortunately.

Why isn't the rating and click seeking media doing FOIA requests? The left's clicks and views are worth less? I guess it's cheaper to generate revenue with panels of talking heads endlessly speculating.

[MADem]

11. Where are the Guccifers to bust into THAT server and send the material to wikileaks?

I swear, these so-called hackers probably work for the GOP....

[allan01]

12. if someone yells the loudest, they have something to hide . if you live in a glass shack , dont thr

ow stones .

[Ilsa]

14. awesome!!! nt

[Photographer]

17. I've never heard the wholr piece before. It gets better!

[MariaThinks]

13. republicans use any tactic including lying and hypocrasy to try and get the public to turn on

Democrats

[Stonepounder]

15. Unfortunately, it is perfectly legal for Trey Gowdy or any other Congressman

to have a private email server. They have voted consistently to exempt themselves from laws that apply to other branches of government. So there is no problem with Mr. Gowdy or any other Congressman from having a private email server and using it for public and private business. It stinks to high heavens, but that's the way Congress plays the game.

[aggiesal]

24. Except you can't ...

run your campaign from government offices.
Wonder if he had his private server at his capitol office?

[gratuitous]

25. Perhaps

But let's let Inspector Gowdy explain that fine point of law, and prove to everyone's satisfaction that no classified material is going through his personal e-mail. That's under an even older law that I like to call the Goose-and-Gander Principle.

[Ilsa]

16. Besides Benghazi, these are his committee assignments:

Judiciary

Subcommittee:

Chairman - Immigration and Border Security Crime Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations

Oversight and Government Reform

Subcommittees:

Government Operations Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules

Ethics

I wonder if there's any classified Homeland Security and Terrorism memos on that server?

[getagrip_already]

19. of course there is.....

probably fully labelled as such.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

20. Having your own domain isn't quite the same as having the server in your house.

This is probably at least as big a nothingburger as Hillary's mail issue.

[calimary]

30. Even so, if that's a nothingburger, why can't we still make an issue of it?

He certainly didn't hesitate to do so.

Seems to me this is something the public ought to know!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

31. Hey, nobody's saying we can't have some fun and give him shit over his hypocrisy.

But if we do let's know where things stand on the technology. (Yikes, I feel like one of the gungeoneers explaining clips vs rounds or something).

[Calista241]

21. Trey Gowdy is a private citizen that has likely signed the same NDA's Clinton did.

I suppose if we can find out he has classified information on his server, we can then create a big ruckus.

Gowdy does have reason to have his own email system though. Maintaining communications with his supporters and constituents is a good enough reason. And this type of stuff is not something I believe we'd want done on government equipment.

[treestar]

22. WOW!

The FBI should investigate immediately. And thoroughly.

[gd770226]

23. This is just stupid

That site is his campaign site.

There is no proof whatsoever in that article that shows that he uses that server for any of his congressional work.

[aggiesal]

27. Unless he has the server at his captiol office ...

that's also a no-no.

[gd770226]

29. Doubt it

It appears the site is managed by a company named Push Digital, in SC. Going to their web site it looks like they do a lot of the web sites for Republican candidates.

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[Politicub]

26. I'm convinced that half or more of the mouth-breathers

in a lather about Hillary's email server have no clue what a server is.

[calimary]

33. Just tweeted this around to every anchor I could think of.

[malaise]

34. You jjust knew this was coming

They all do it

[Stuart G]

35. There needs to be hearings about this...nt

[Thinkingabout]

36. As stated by many Republicans Hillary should have known better, then Trey

Gowdy should know better. Again, a double standard.

[Meldread]

38. Where is the indictment? Where is Republican outrage? Where are the investiations? K&R

[Proud Liberal Dem]

39. Investigate

now and several more times!!!

[Night Watchman]

40. When asked to comment, James Comey said,

"Well, shit happens."

[DesertRat]

41. k&r

[malthaussen]

42. Ya know, the glass must be neck-deep...

... from all the people who throw stones at other glass houses.

-- Mal