Whoa. So far, this is probably the biggest retirement announcement we've seen. Trey Gowdy will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives and is leaving politics for an unspecified job somewhere in the Justice System.
This is not one I saw coming.
Right away, this has people speculating that Gowdy is
A: Taking Jeff Sessions' job at the DOJ.
or
B: caught up in something shady.
At this point, we're not hearing anything that suggests either of these theories are accurate. We'll update when we know more.