Gowdy Not Interested In Judicial Appointment

In a sign of Rep. Trey Gowdy’s (R-SC) “desire to step back from public life, he recently turned down a golden opportunity to become a federal judge,” Politico reports.

“White House counsel Don McGahn in recent weeks broached Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, about filling a slot on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals — a newly vacated judgeship that Gowdy has eyed before… His fellow Palmetto State Republicans, Scott and Sen. Lindsey Graham, also urged him to accept the post. But Gowdy, who’s long complained about the increasingly toxic nature of politics, turned down the position.”