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Trey Gowdy agrees to join President Trump's legal team as House Democrats escalate impeachment probe
October 09, 2019
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Former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the firebrand conservative who retired from Congress earlier this year, has agreed to serve as outside counsel for President Donald Trump amid a push by House Democrats to escalate its impeachment inquiry.
Sources confirmed the development to The Associated Press, CNN, and the Washington Post.
Gowdy reportedly met with White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney at the White House on Tuesday. Initial reports said that Gowdy had declined to join Trump's legal defense team, but those stories were later recanted.
However, Gowdy is not officially joining the Trump administration — he will serve only as outside counsel.
Gowdy's decision to join Trump's defense team comes after the White House sent an eight-page letter to top House Democratic brass on Tuesday officially responding to the impeachment probe.
In the letter, White House counsel Pat Cipollone called the impeachment probe an "illegitimate" inquiry in which the White House will not participate.
"Your inquiry is constitutionally invalid and violation of due process," the letter declared. "Given that your inquiry lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation, any pretense of fairness, or even the most elementary due process protections, the Executive Branch cannot be expected to participate in it."
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Chris Enloe is a staff writer for Blaze News
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Chris is a staff writer for Blaze News. He resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. You can reach him at cenloe@blazemedia.com.
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