Trump Complains About Trey Gowdy’s ‘Pivot’ Away From Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump on Tuesday night lamented that Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), the chair of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, has turned his attention away from Hillary Clinton amidst admissions from Republicans that the investigation was launched in order to attack Clinton politically.

During an interview on Fox News, host Sean Hannity asked Trump how he felt about the upcoming Benghazi hearing with Clinton.

“I was really looking forward to the hearings, but then you had a congressman, Republican go against Trey Gowdy and all of the people, as you know. And then you had a whistleblower come out. So that hurt. That was not exactly positive,” Trump said in response, referring to the Republicans who said that the committee had political goals.

Trump then suggested that these admissions prompted Gowdy to give up on his focus on Clinton.

“He seemed to be doing a big pivot away from Hillary Clinton,” the real estate mogul said. “And I was trying to figure out what that was all about. So you may not be as happy as you think with these hearings.”

Watch Trump’s comments via Media Matters:

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  1. This goes to show how clueless Trump is. It is against the law for a congressional committee to focus on a specific person for political reasons. Gowdy had to “pivot away from Hillary,” or risk a serious legal challenge to his committee That point seems to have gone right over Trumps head.

  2. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    Trump does what Trump does best . . . whine.

  3. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    That point seems to have gone right over Trumps head.

    As do most things that require even a tiny bit of intellectual capacity

  4. Please let him be the GOP nominee and then let Hillary just tear him to pieces in the debates!

  5. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    Later on Trump added that he thought it was probably a wise thing for Trey Gowdy to have stopped beating his wife…

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