Bloomberg Law
Oct. 15, 2019, 11:59 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: Trey Gowdy Won’t Join Trump Legal Team After All, Report Says

Rick Mitchell
Rick Mitchell
Freelance Correspondent
  • President Donald Trump’s plan to add former South Carolina Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy to his legal team defending him in the House impeachment investigation appears to have fallen flat. As an ex-congressman, Gowdy is barred from lobbying activity until January 2020, and the law firm where Gowdy is a partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, had concerns that his work for Trump would involve such activity. Consequently, Gowdy, who lost his paid contributorship at Fox News after last week’s announcement that he was joining Trump’s team, may never take the job, the Times reports. (NYT)

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