Trey Gowdy

Harold Watson "Trey" Gowdy III (born August 22, 1964) is an American television news presenter, former politician, and former federal prosecutor. He served as the U.S. representative for SC's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2019, representing the Upstate region of South Carolina. Prior to his political career, Gowdy worked as a federal prosecutor in the District of South Carolina from 1994 to 2000 and served as the solicitor (district attorney) for South Carolina's Seventh Judicial Circuit from 2000 to 2010. From 2014 to 2016, he chaired the United States House Select Committee on Benghazi, which investigated the events surrounding the 2012 Benghazi attack. Gowdy's committee played a role in the discovery of Hillary Clinton's private email server, although no evidence of specific wrongdoing was found.